#3B8DB7#3B8DB7

#3B8DB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.101 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DB7
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 183)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 23%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -11.33, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 31.37, 248.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0591 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.101 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8724, 23.3963, 48.2592)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DB7 #B7653B

analogous

#3BB7A3 #3B8DB7 #3B4FB7

triadic

#3B8DB7 #B73B8D #8DB73B

tetradic

#3B8DB7 #A33BB7 #B7653B #4FB73B

square

#3B8DB7 #A33BB7 #B7653B #4FB73B

split-complementary

#3B8DB7 #B73B4F #B7A33B

monochromatic

#1D465A #2C6989 #3B8DB7 #63A9CD #91C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3B8DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#3B8DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DB7

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DB7	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.101 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faecc',
    500: '#3b8db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8db7;
$custom-light: #7faecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6112,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DB7

secondary

#C69D87

accent

#7D4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DB7

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

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