#3B8EBF#3B8EBF

#3B8EBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.109 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EBF
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -9.20, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 34.06, 254.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0574 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.109 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8769, 24.0351, 52.8191)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EBF #BF6C3B

analogous

#3BBFAE #3B8EBF #3B4CBF

triadic

#3B8EBF #BF3B8E #8EBF3B

tetradic

#3B8EBF #AE3BBF #BF6C3B #4CBF3B

square

#3B8EBF #AE3BBF #BF6C3B #4CBF3B

split-complementary

#3B8EBF #BF3B4C #BFAE3B

monochromatic

#1E4861 #2D6B90 #3B8EBF #67A9D0 #96C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3B8EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#3B8EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EBF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EBF	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.109 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd2',
    500: '#3b8ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ebf;
$custom-light: #80afd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61746,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EBF

secondary

#CAA38C

accent

#814CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EBF

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

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