#3B8EA5#3B8EA5

#3B8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.086 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EA5
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -17.77, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 26.45, 227.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.067 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.086 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2654, 22.9905, 39.0650)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EA5 #A5523B

analogous

#3BA587 #3B8EA5 #3B59A5

triadic

#3B8EA5 #A53B8E #8EA53B

tetradic

#3B8EA5 #873BA5 #A5523B #59A53B

square

#3B8EA5 #873BA5 #A5523B #59A53B

split-complementary

#3B8EA5 #A53B59 #A5873B

monochromatic

#1B404B #2B6778 #3B8EA5 #59ADC4 #86C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3B8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3B8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EA5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EA5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.086 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafbf',
    500: '#3b8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ea5;
$custom-light: #7dafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.019,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6055,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EA5

secondary

#BE8C7E

accent

#6E51D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EA5

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

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