#3B8FA4#3B8FA4

#3B8FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.086 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FA4
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -18.62, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 26.32, 224.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0685 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.086 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3242, 23.2531, 38.6374)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FA4 #A4503B

analogous

#3BA484 #3B8FA4 #3B5AA4

triadic

#3B8FA4 #A43B8F #8FA43B

tetradic

#3B8FA4 #843BA4 #A4503B #5AA43B

square

#3B8FA4 #843BA4 #A4503B #5AA43B

split-complementary

#3B8FA4 #A43B5A #A4843B

monochromatic

#1B414A #2B6877 #3B8FA4 #59AEC3 #86C4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3B8FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3B8FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FA4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FA4	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.086 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db0bf',
    500: '#3b8fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fa4;
$custom-light: #7db0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60754,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FA4

secondary

#BE8A7D

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FA4

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

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