#3B8EBD#3B8EBD

#3B8EBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.107 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EBD
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -9.87, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 33.30, 252.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.058 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.107 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.6584, 23.9477, 51.6679)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EBD #BD6A3B

analogous

#3BBDAB #3B8EBD #3B4DBD

triadic

#3B8EBD #BD3B8E #8EBD3B

tetradic

#3B8EBD #AB3BBD #BD6A3B #4DBD3B

square

#3B8EBD #AB3BBD #BD6A3B #4DBD3B

split-complementary

#3B8EBD #BD3B4D #BDAB3B

monochromatic

#1E4860 #2C6B8E #3B8EBD #66A9CF #95C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3B8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3B8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EBD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EBD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.107 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd1',
    500: '#3b8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ebd;
$custom-light: #80afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61648,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.2395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EBD

secondary

#C9A18B

accent

#804CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EBD

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

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