#3B8EAE#3B8EAE

#3B8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.093 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EAE
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -14.87, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 28.42, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0635 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.093 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1136, 23.3298, 43.5320)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EAE #AE5B3B

analogous

#3BAE94 #3B8EAE #3B54AE

triadic

#3B8EAE #AE3B8E #8EAE3B

tetradic

#3B8EAE #943BAE #AE5B3B #54AE3B

square

#3B8EAE #943BAE #AE5B3B #54AE3B

split-complementary

#3B8EAE #AE3B54 #AE943B

monochromatic

#1C4353 #2C6980 #3B8EAE #5EABC8 #8CC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3B8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3B8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EAE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EAE	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.093 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc6',
    500: '#3b8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8eae;
$custom-light: #7eafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60943,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EAE

secondary

#C29482

accent

#754FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EAE

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

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