#3B8DBD#3B8DBD

#3B8DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.107 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DBD
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -9.31, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 33.58, 253.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.057 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.107 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5102, 23.6515, 51.6185)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DBD #BD6B3B

analogous

#3BBDAC #3B8DBD #3B4CBD

triadic

#3B8DBD #BD3B8D #8DBD3B

tetradic

#3B8DBD #AC3BBD #BD6B3B #4CBD3B

square

#3B8DBD #AC3BBD #BD6B3B #4CBD3B

split-complementary

#3B8DBD #BD3B4C #BDAC3B

monochromatic

#1E4760 #2C6A8E #3B8DBD #66A8CF #95C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3B8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3B8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DBD

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DBD	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.107 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed1',
    500: '#3b8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dbd;
$custom-light: #80aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61411,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DBD

secondary

#C9A28B

accent

#814CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DBD

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

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