#3B8EC2#3B8EC2

#3B8EC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.112 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC2
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -8.17, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 35.25, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0564 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.112 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2105, 24.1685, 54.5756)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC2 #C26F3B

analogous

#3BC2B3 #3B8EC2 #3B4BC2

triadic

#3B8EC2 #C23B8E #8EC23B

tetradic

#3B8EC2 #B33BC2 #C26F3B #4BC23B

square

#3B8EC2 #B33BC2 #C26F3B #4BC23B

split-complementary

#3B8EC2 #C23B4B #C2B33B

monochromatic

#1E4964 #2D6C93 #3B8EC2 #69A9D1 #98C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#3B8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3B8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC2	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	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)

#768EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.112 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed4',
    500: '#3b8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec2;
$custom-light: #81aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61896,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC2

secondary

#CBA58E

accent

#834BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC2

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

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