#3B8DB6#3B8DB6

#3B8DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.100 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DB6
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -11.67, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 31.02, 247.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0594 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.1 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7687, 23.3548, 47.7130)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DB6 #B6643B

analogous

#3BB6A2 #3B8DB6 #3B50B6

triadic

#3B8DB6 #B63B8D #8DB63B

tetradic

#3B8DB6 #A23BB6 #B6643B #50B63B

square

#3B8DB6 #A23BB6 #B6643B #50B63B

split-complementary

#3B8DB6 #B63B50 #B6A23B

monochromatic

#1D455A #2C6988 #3B8DB6 #62A9CC #90C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3B8DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3B8DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DB6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DB6	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.100 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faecc',
    500: '#3b8db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8db6;
$custom-light: #7faecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61072,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DB6

secondary

#C69C87

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DB6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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