#3B8EB8#3B8EB8

#3B8EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.102 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EB8
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -11.56, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 31.49, 248.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0598 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.102 234)
XYZ	xyz(20.1250, 23.7343, 48.8587)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EB8 #B8653B

analogous

#3BB8A3 #3B8EB8 #3B50B8

triadic

#3B8EB8 #B83B8E #8EB83B

tetradic

#3B8EB8 #A33BB8 #B8653B #50B83B

square

#3B8EB8 #A33BB8 #B8653B #50B83B

split-complementary

#3B8EB8 #B83B50 #B8A33B

monochromatic

#1D465B #2C6A8A #3B8EB8 #63A9CD #92C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3B8EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3B8EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EB8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EB8	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.102 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafcd',
    500: '#3b8eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8eb8;
$custom-light: #7fafcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.16,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.23737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EB8

secondary

#C79D88

accent

#7D4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EB8

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

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