#3B8EC4#3B8EC4

#3B8EC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC4
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -7.49, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 36.07, 258.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0557 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.114 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4366, 24.2590, 55.7665)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC4 #C4713B

analogous

#3BC4B6 #3B8EC4 #3B49C4

triadic

#3B8EC4 #C43B8E #8EC43B

tetradic

#3B8EC4 #B63BC4 #C4713B #49C43B

square

#3B8EC4 #B63BC4 #C4713B #49C43B

split-complementary

#3B8EC4 #C43B49 #C4B63B

monochromatic

#1F4A66 #2D6C95 #3B8EC4 #6AA9D2 #99C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3B8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3B8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed6',
    500: '#3b8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec4;
$custom-light: #81aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61997,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC4

secondary

#CCA78F

accent

#844BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC4

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

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