#3B8EB3#3B8EB3

#3B8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.097 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EB3
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -13.22, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 29.85, 243.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0616 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.097 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6101, 23.5284, 46.1470)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EB3 #B3603B

analogous

#3BB39C #3B8EB3 #3B52B3

triadic

#3B8EB3 #B33B8E #8EB33B

tetradic

#3B8EB3 #9C3BB3 #B3603B #52B33B

square

#3B8EB3 #9C3BB3 #B3603B #52B33B

split-complementary

#3B8EB3 #B33B52 #B39C3B

monochromatic

#1D4557 #2C6985 #3B8EB3 #60AACB #8EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3B8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3B8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EB3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EB3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.097 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafca',
    500: '#3b8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8eb3;
$custom-light: #7eafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61172,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EB3

secondary

#C59985

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EB3

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

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