#3B8DCC#3B8DCC

#3B8DCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DCC
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -4.14, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 39.90, 264.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0522 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.124 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2234, 24.3367, 60.6413)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DCC #CC7A3B

analogous

#3BCCC3 #3B8DCC #3B45CC

triadic

#3B8DCC #CC3B8D #8DCC3B

tetradic

#3B8DCC #C33BCC #CC7A3B #45CC3B

square

#3B8DCC #C33BCC #CC7A3B #45CC3B

split-complementary

#3B8DCC #CC3B45 #CCC33B

monochromatic

#1D4C70 #2A6DA0 #3B8DCC #6CA9D9 #9CC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3B8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#3B8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DCC

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DCC	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aedc',
    500: '#3b8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dcc;
$custom-light: #82aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6218,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DCC

secondary

#D1AD92

accent

#8A46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DCC

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

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