#3B8EC3#3B8EC3

#3B8EC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.113 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC3
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -7.83, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 35.66, 257.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.056 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.113 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3231, 24.2136, 55.1691)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC3 #C3703B

analogous

#3BC3B4 #3B8EC3 #3B4AC3

triadic

#3B8EC3 #C33B8E #8EC33B

tetradic

#3B8EC3 #B43BC3 #C3703B #4AC33B

square

#3B8EC3 #B43BC3 #C3703B #4AC33B

split-complementary

#3B8EC3 #C33B4A #C3B43B

monochromatic

#1F4A65 #2D6C94 #3B8EC3 #69A9D2 #98C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3B8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#3B8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC3	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.113 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed5',
    500: '#3b8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec3;
$custom-light: #81aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.382,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61946,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC3

secondary

#CCA68E

accent

#844BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC3

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

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