#3B8DC3#3B8DC3

#3B8DC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.114 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DC3
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -7.26, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 35.99, 258.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.055 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.114 241)
XYZ	xyz(21.1750, 23.9174, 55.1197)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DC3 #C3713B

analogous

#3BC3B5 #3B8DC3 #3B49C3

triadic

#3B8DC3 #C33B8D #8DC33B

tetradic

#3B8DC3 #B53BC3 #C3713B #49C33B

square

#3B8DC3 #B53BC3 #C3713B #49C33B

split-complementary

#3B8DC3 #C33B49 #C3B53B

monochromatic

#1F4965 #2D6B94 #3B8DC3 #69A8D2 #98C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3B8DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#3B8DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DC3

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DC3	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.114 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed5',
    500: '#3b8dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dc3;
$custom-light: #81aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.824,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61711,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.2392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DC3

secondary

#CCA78E

accent

#854BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DC3

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

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