#3B8DCA#3B8DCA

#3B8DCA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DCA
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -4.84, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 39.00, 262.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0528 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.122 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9851, 24.2414, 59.3861)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DCA #CA783B

analogous

#3BCABF #3B8DCA #3B45CA

triadic

#3B8DCA #CA3B8D #8DCA3B

tetradic

#3B8DCA #BF3BCA #CA783B #45CA3B

square

#3B8DCA #BF3BCA #CA783B #45CA3B

split-complementary

#3B8DCA #CA3B45 #CABF3B

monochromatic

#1E4B6D #2B6C9D #3B8DCA #6BA9D7 #9BC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3B8DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3B8DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DCA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DCA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeda',
    500: '#3b8dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dca;
$custom-light: #82aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62074,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DCA

secondary

#D0AC91

accent

#8947E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DCA

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

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