#3B8FAC#3B8FAC

#3B8FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.091 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FAC
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -16.07, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 27.83, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0653 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.091 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0695, 23.5513, 42.5626)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FAC #AC583B

analogous

#3BAC90 #3B8FAC #3B57AC

triadic

#3B8FAC #AC3B8F #8FAC3B

tetradic

#3B8FAC #903BAC #AC583B #57AC3B

square

#3B8FAC #903BAC #AC583B #57AC3B

split-complementary

#3B8FAC #AC3B57 #AC903B

monochromatic

#1C4351 #2B697E #3B8FAC #5DACC7 #8AC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3B8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3B8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FAC

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FAC	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.091 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0c4',
    500: '#3b8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fac;
$custom-light: #7eb0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61098,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FAC

secondary

#C19281

accent

#734FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FAC

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

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