#3B8ECD#3B8ECD

#3B8ECD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B8ECD
RGBrgb(59, 142, 205)
HSLhsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(71.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.76, -4.37, -39.71)
CIE-LCHlch(56.76, 39.95, 263.72°)
OKLaboklab(62.46% -0.0529 -0.1124)
OKLCHoklch(62.46% 0.124 244.8)
XYZxyz(22.4919, 24.6811, 61.3243)
Luminance0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B8ECD #CD7A3B
analogous
#3BCDC3 #3B8ECD #3B45CD
triadic
#3B8ECD #CD3B8E #8ECD3B
tetradic
#3B8ECD #C33BCD #CD7A3B #45CD3B
square
#3B8ECD #C33BCD #CD7A3B #45CD3B
split-complementary
#3B8ECD #CD3B45 #CDC33B
monochromatic
#1D4D71 #296EA2 #3B8ECD #6CAAD9 #9DC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54
#3B8ECD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94
#3B8ECD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ECD
5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B8ECD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3B8ECD1.003.545.945.94
#FFFFFF3.541.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9421.001.001.00
##0000005.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7190D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D82CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 244.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aedc',
    500: '#3b8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b8ecd;
$custom-light: #82aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.89,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B8ECD
secondary
#D2AE92
accent
#8945E3
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0C1015
muted
#7D7F83

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#3B8ECD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva