#3B8DC4#3B8DC4

#3B8DC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DC4
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -6.91, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 36.41, 259.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0547 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.115 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2885, 23.9627, 55.7172)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DC4 #C4723B

analogous

#3BC4B7 #3B8DC4 #3B48C4

triadic

#3B8DC4 #C43B8D #8DC43B

tetradic

#3B8DC4 #B73BC4 #C4723B #48C43B

square

#3B8DC4 #B73BC4 #C4723B #48C43B

split-complementary

#3B8DC4 #C43B48 #C4B73B

monochromatic

#1F4966 #2D6B95 #3B8DC4 #6AA8D2 #99C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3B8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3B8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DC4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DC4	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed6',
    500: '#3b8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dc4;
$custom-light: #81aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61762,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DC4

secondary

#CCA78F

accent

#854BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DC4

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

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