#3B8EC8#3B8EC8

#3B8EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.119 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC8
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -6.11, -37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 37.76, 260.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0544 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.119 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8980, 24.4435, 58.1964)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC8 #C8753B

analogous

#3BC8BB #3B8EC8 #3B47C8

triadic

#3B8EC8 #C83B8E #8EC83B

tetradic

#3B8EC8 #BB3BC8 #C8753B #47C83B

square

#3B8EC8 #BB3BC8 #C8753B #47C83B

split-complementary

#3B8EC8 #C83B47 #C8BB3B

monochromatic

#1E4B6B #2B6D9A #3B8EC8 #6BAAD5 #9BC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3B8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#3B8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC8	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.119 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3b8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec8;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.681,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62202,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC8

secondary

#CFAA90

accent

#8748DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC8

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

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