#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
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -6.22, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 37.26, 260.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0541 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.117 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5176, 24.0544, 56.9241)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##3B8DC6	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3B8DC6

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

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