#3B8EBA#3B8EBA

#3B8EBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.104 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EBA
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -10.89, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 32.19, 250.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0591 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.104 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3361, 23.8188, 49.9706)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EBA #BA673B

analogous

#3BBAA6 #3B8EBA #3B4FBA

triadic

#3B8EBA #BA3B8E #8EBA3B

tetradic

#3B8EBA #A63BBA #BA673B #4FBA3B

square

#3B8EBA #A63BBA #BA673B #4FBA3B

split-complementary

#3B8EBA #BA3B4F #BAA63B

monochromatic

#1E475D #2C6B8C #3B8EBA #64A9CE #93C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3B8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#3B8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EBA

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EBA	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.104 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafcf',
    500: '#3b8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8eba;
$custom-light: #7fafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61502,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EBA

secondary

#C89F89

accent

#7E4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EBA

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

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