#3B8EA9#3B8EA9

#3B8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.089 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EA9
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -16.49, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 27.22, 232.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0654 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.089 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6352, 23.1384, 41.0125)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EA9 #A9563B

analogous

#3BA98D #3B8EA9 #3B57A9

triadic

#3B8EA9 #A93B8E #8EA93B

tetradic

#3B8EA9 #8D3BA9 #A9563B #57A93B

square

#3B8EA9 #8D3BA9 #A9563B #57A93B

split-complementary

#3B8EA9 #A93B57 #A98D3B

monochromatic

#1B424E #2B687C #3B8EA9 #5BACC6 #89C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3B8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3B8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EA9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EA9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.089 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc2',
    500: '#3b8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ea9;
$custom-light: #7dafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60722,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EA9

secondary

#C09080

accent

#7150D8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EA9

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

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