#3B8EBE#3B8EBE

#3B8EBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.108 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EBE
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -9.54, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 33.68, 253.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0577 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.108 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7673, 23.9913, 52.2415)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EBE #BE6B3B

analogous

#3BBEAD #3B8EBE #3B4DBE

triadic

#3B8EBE #BE3B8E #8EBE3B

tetradic

#3B8EBE #AD3BBE #BE6B3B #4DBE3B

square

#3B8EBE #AD3BBE #BE6B3B #4DBE3B

split-complementary

#3B8EBE #BE3B4D #BEAD3B

monochromatic

#1E4861 #2C6B8F #3B8EBE #67A9D0 #95C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3B8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3B8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EBE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EBE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.108 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd1',
    500: '#3b8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ebe;
$custom-light: #80afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.985,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61697,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EBE

secondary

#CAA28B

accent

#814CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EBE

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

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