#3B8DC8#3B8DC8

#3B8DC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DC8
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -5.53, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 38.12, 261.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0535 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.119 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7498, 24.1473, 58.1470)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DC8 #C8763B

analogous

#3BC8BC #3B8DC8 #3B47C8

triadic

#3B8DC8 #C83B8D #8DC83B

tetradic

#3B8DC8 #BC3BC8 #C8763B #47C83B

square

#3B8DC8 #BC3BC8 #C8763B #47C83B

split-complementary

#3B8DC8 #C83B47 #C8BC3B

monochromatic

#1E4B6B #2B6C9A #3B8DC8 #6BA9D5 #9BC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#3B8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3B8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DC8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DC8	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3b8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dc8;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61969,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DC8

secondary

#CFAA90

accent

#8848DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DC8

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

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