#3B8ECA#3B8ECA

#3B8ECA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ECA
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -5.41, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 38.62, 261.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0538 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.121 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1332, 24.5376, 59.4354)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ECA #CA773B

analogous

#3BCABF #3B8ECA #3B46CA

triadic

#3B8ECA #CA3B8E #8ECA3B

tetradic

#3B8ECA #BF3BCA #CA773B #46CA3B

square

#3B8ECA #BF3BCA #CA773B #46CA3B

split-complementary

#3B8ECA #CA3B46 #CABF3B

monochromatic

#1E4C6D #2B6D9D #3B8ECA #6BAAD7 #9BC6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3B8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3B8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ECA

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ECA	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeda',
    500: '#3b8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8eca;
$custom-light: #82aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ECA

secondary

#D0AB91

accent

#8847E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ECA

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

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