#3B8FAF#3B8FAF

#3B8FAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.093 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FAF
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -15.09, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 28.57, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0641 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.093 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3609, 23.6678, 44.0971)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FAF #AF5B3B

analogous

#3BAF95 #3B8FAF #3B55AF

triadic

#3B8FAF #AF3B8F #8FAF3B

tetradic

#3B8FAF #953BAF #AF5B3B #55AF3B

square

#3B8FAF #953BAF #AF5B3B #55AF3B

split-complementary

#3B8FAF #AF3B55 #AF953B

monochromatic

#1C4453 #2C6A81 #3B8FAF #5EABC9 #8CC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3B8FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3B8FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FAF

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FAF	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.093 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc7',
    500: '#3b8faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8faf;
$custom-light: #7eafc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61231,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FAF

secondary

#C39583

accent

#754FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FAF

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

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