#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
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -4.37, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 39.95, 263.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0529 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.124 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4919, 24.6811, 61.3243)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##3B8ECD	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ECD

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

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