#3B8EC9#3B8EC9

#3B8EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.120 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EC9
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -5.76, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 38.19, 261.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0541 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.12 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0152, 24.4904, 58.8139)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EC9 #C9763B

analogous

#3BC9BD #3B8EC9 #3B47C9

triadic

#3B8EC9 #C93B8E #8EC93B

tetradic

#3B8EC9 #BD3BC9 #C9763B #47C93B

square

#3B8EC9 #BD3BC9 #C9763B #47C93B

split-complementary

#3B8EC9 #C93B47 #C9BD3B

monochromatic

#1E4B6C #2B6D9C #3B8EC9 #6BAAD6 #9BC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3B8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#3B8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EC9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EC9	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.120 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3b8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ec9;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EC9

secondary

#CFAB90

accent

#8748E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EC9

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

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