#3B8EA8#3B8EA8

#3B8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.088 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EA8
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -16.81, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 27.01, 231.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0658 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.088 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5417, 23.1010, 40.5200)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EA8 #A8553B

analogous

#3BA88C #3B8EA8 #3B58A8

triadic

#3B8EA8 #A83B8E #8EA83B

tetradic

#3B8EA8 #8C3BA8 #A8553B #58A83B

square

#3B8EA8 #8C3BA8 #A8553B #58A83B

split-complementary

#3B8EA8 #A83B58 #A88C3B

monochromatic

#1B414D #2B687B #3B8EA8 #5BACC5 #88C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3B8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3B8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EA8

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EA8	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.088 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc2',
    500: '#3b8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ea8;
$custom-light: #7dafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.312,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60679,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EA8

secondary

#C08F7F

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EA8

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

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