#3B8FBE#3B8FBE

#3B8FBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.107 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FBE
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -10.10, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 33.40, 252.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0587 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.107 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9167, 24.2902, 52.2913)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FBE #BE6A3B

analogous

#3BBEAC #3B8FBE #3B4EBE

triadic

#3B8FBE #BE3B8F #8FBE3B

tetradic

#3B8FBE #AC3BBE #BE6A3B #4EBE3B

square

#3B8FBE #AC3BBE #BE6A3B #4EBE3B

split-complementary

#3B8FBE #BE3B4E #BEAC3B

monochromatic

#1E4961 #2C6C8F #3B8FBE #67AAD0 #95C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3B8FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3B8FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FBE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FBE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.107 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afd1',
    500: '#3b8fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fbe;
$custom-light: #80afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.527,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61934,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FBE

secondary

#CAA28B

accent

#804CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FBE

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

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