#3B8DCD#3B8DCD

#3B8DCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.125 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DCD
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -3.79, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 40.35, 264.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0519 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.125 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3437, 24.3849, 61.2749)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DCD #CD7B3B

analogous

#3BCDC4 #3B8DCD #3B44CD

triadic

#3B8DCD #CD3B8D #8DCD3B

tetradic

#3B8DCD #C43BCD #CD7B3B #44CD3B

square

#3B8DCD #C43BCD #CD7B3B #44CD3B

split-complementary

#3B8DCD #CD3B44 #CDC43B

monochromatic

#1D4C71 #296DA2 #3B8DCD #6CA9D9 #9DC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3B8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3B8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DCD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DCD	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.125 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aedc',
    500: '#3b8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8dcd;
$custom-light: #82aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62233,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DCD

secondary

#D2AE92

accent

#8A45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DCD

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

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