#3B8EB2#3B8EB2

#3B8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.096 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EB2
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -13.56, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 29.55, 242.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.062 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.096 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5093, 23.4881, 45.6163)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EB2 #B25F3B

analogous

#3BB29B #3B8EB2 #3B53B2

triadic

#3B8EB2 #B23B8E #8EB23B

tetradic

#3B8EB2 #9B3BB2 #B25F3B #53B23B

square

#3B8EB2 #9B3BB2 #B25F3B #53B23B

split-complementary

#3B8EB2 #B23B53 #B29B3B

monochromatic

#1D4556 #2C6984 #3B8EB2 #60AACA #8EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3B8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3B8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EB2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EB2	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.096 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc9',
    500: '#3b8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8eb2;
$custom-light: #7eafc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61125,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EB2

secondary

#C49885

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EB2

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

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