#3B8DC6#3B8DC6

#3B8DC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B8DC6
RGBrgb(59, 141, 198)
HSLhsl(205, 55%, 50%)
HSVhsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(56.14, -6.22, -36.73)
CIE-LCHlch(56.14, 37.26, 260.38°)
OKLaboklab(61.87% -0.0541 -0.1038)
OKLCHoklch(61.87% 0.117 242.5)
XYZxyz(21.5176, 24.0544, 56.9241)
Luminance0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B8DC6 #C6743B
analogous
#3BC6B9 #3B8DC6 #3B47C6
triadic
#3B8DC6 #C63B8D #8DC63B
tetradic
#3B8DC6 #B93BC6 #C6743B #47C63B
square
#3B8DC6 #B93BC6 #C6743B #47C63B
split-complementary
#3B8DC6 #C63B47 #C6B93B
monochromatic
#1E4A68 #2C6C98 #3B8DC6 #6AA9D4 #9AC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61
#3B8DC6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81
#3B8DC6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DC6
5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B8DC6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3B8DC61.003.615.815.81
#FFFFFF3.611.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8121.001.001.00
##0000005.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#738EC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6081C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 242.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed7',
    500: '#3b8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b8dc6;
$custom-light: #81aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B8DC6
secondary
#CDA98F
accent
#874ADE
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C1014
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

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#3B8DC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva