#3B8DE3#3B8DE3

#3B8DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.152 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8DE3
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 37.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 4.00, -50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 50.90, 274.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0461 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.152 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1884, 25.5227, 76.2570)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8DE3 #E3913B

analogous

#3BE1E3 #3B8DE3 #3D3BE3

triadic

#3B8DE3 #E33B8D #8DE33B

tetradic

#3B8DE3 #E33BE1 #E3913B #3BE33D

square

#3B8DE3 #E33BE1 #E3913B #3BE33D

split-complementary

#3B8DE3 #E33D3B #E1E33B

monochromatic

#14508F #1C6EC5 #3B8DE3 #71ACEB #A6CBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3B8DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#3B8DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8DE3

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8DE3	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.152 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adec',
    500: '#3b8de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8de3;
$custom-light: #86adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.714,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63467,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8DE3

secondary

#E0BE9A

accent

#9636F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8DE3

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

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