#3B8EC1#3B8EC1

#3B8EC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.111 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC1
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 193)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -8.51, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 34.85, 255.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0567 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.111 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0985, 24.1238, 53.9861)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC1 #C16E3B

analogous

#3BC1B1 #3B8EC1 #3B4BC1

triadic

#3B8EC1 #C13B8E #8EC13B

tetradic

#3B8EC1 #B13BC1 #C16E3B #4BC13B

square

#3B8EC1 #B13BC1 #C16E3B #4BC13B

split-complementary

#3B8EC1 #C13B4B #C1B13B

monochromatic

#1E4963 #2D6C92 #3B8EC1 #68A9D1 #97C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3B8EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3B8EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC1

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC1	1.00	3.61	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6481C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.111 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afd4',
    500: '#3b8ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec1;
$custom-light: #81afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61846,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC1

secondary

#CBA58D

accent

#834BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC1

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

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