#3B8EC7#3B8EC7

#3B8EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC7
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -6.45, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 37.33, 260.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0548 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.117 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7815, 24.3969, 57.5829)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC7 #C7743B

analogous

#3BC7BA #3B8EC7 #3B48C7

triadic

#3B8EC7 #C73B8E #8EC73B

tetradic

#3B8EC7 #BA3BC7 #C7743B #48C73B

square

#3B8EC7 #BA3BC7 #C7743B #48C73B

split-complementary

#3B8EC7 #C73B48 #C7BA3B

monochromatic

#1E4B69 #2C6D99 #3B8EC7 #6BA9D5 #9AC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3B8EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3B8EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC7

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC7	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed8',
    500: '#3b8ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec7;
$custom-light: #81aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6215,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC7

secondary

#CEA990

accent

#8649DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC7

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

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