#3B8EDE#3B8EDE

#3B8EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.145 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8EDE
RGB	rgb(59, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 1.62, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 47.95, 271.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0482 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.145 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6565, 25.5469, 72.7247)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8EDE #DE8B3B

analogous

#3BDEDD #3B8EDE #3B3CDE

triadic

#3B8EDE #DE3B8E #8EDE3B

tetradic

#3B8EDE #DD3BDE #DE8B3B #3CDE3B

square

#3B8EDE #DD3BDE #DE8B3B #3CDE3B

split-complementary

#3B8EDE #DE3B3C #DEDD3B

monochromatic

#175088 #206FBC #3B8EDE #6FACE7 #A4CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3B8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#3B8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8EDE

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8EDE	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6993E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.145 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aee8',
    500: '#3b8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8ede;
$custom-light: #85aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.448,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8EDE

secondary

#DDBA98

accent

#923AEE

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8EDE

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

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