#3B8EA4#3B8EA4

#3B8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.086 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EA4
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -18.08, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 26.29, 226.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0674 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.086 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1748, 22.9542, 38.5875)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EA4 #A4513B

analogous

#3BA485 #3B8EA4 #3B59A4

triadic

#3B8EA4 #A43B8E #8EA43B

tetradic

#3B8EA4 #853BA4 #A4513B #59A43B

square

#3B8EA4 #853BA4 #A4513B #59A43B

split-complementary

#3B8EA4 #A43B59 #A4853B

monochromatic

#1B404A #2B6777 #3B8EA4 #59ADC3 #86C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3B8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3B8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EA4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EA4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.086 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbf',
    500: '#3b8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ea4;
$custom-light: #7dafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.571,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60508,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EA4

secondary

#BE8B7D

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EA4

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

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