#3B8DC0#3B8DC0

#3B8DC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.110 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DC0
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 192)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -8.29, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 34.76, 256.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.056 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.11 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8393, 23.7831, 53.3513)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DC0 #C06E3B

analogous

#3BC0B1 #3B8DC0 #3B4AC0

triadic

#3B8DC0 #C03B8D #8DC03B

tetradic

#3B8DC0 #B13BC0 #C06E3B #4AC03B

square

#3B8DC0 #B13BC0 #C06E3B #4AC03B

split-complementary

#3B8DC0 #C03B4A #C0B13B

monochromatic

#1E4862 #2D6B91 #3B8DC0 #68A8D1 #97C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3B8DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#3B8DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DC0

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DC0	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6380BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.110 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed3',
    500: '#3b8dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dc0;
$custom-light: #80aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.008,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DC0

secondary

#CAA48C

accent

#834BDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DC0

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

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