#3B8EBC#3B8EBC

#3B8EBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.106 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EBC
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -10.21, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 32.92, 251.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0584 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.106 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5502, 23.9044, 51.0982)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EBC #BC693B

analogous

#3BBCA9 #3B8EBC #3B4DBC

triadic

#3B8EBC #BC3B8E #8EBC3B

tetradic

#3B8EBC #A93BBC #BC693B #4DBC3B

square

#3B8EBC #A93BBC #BC693B #4DBC3B

split-complementary

#3B8EBC #BC3B4D #BCA93B

monochromatic

#1E485F #2C6B8D #3B8EBC #65A9CF #94C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3B8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#3B8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EBC

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EBC	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.106 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd0',
    500: '#3b8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ebc;
$custom-light: #80afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.395,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61599,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EBC

secondary

#C9A08A

accent

#7F4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EBC

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

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