#3B8FC4#3B8FC4

#3B8FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FC4
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 27%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -8.06, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 35.74, 256.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0567 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.113 240)
XYZ	xyz(21.5860, 24.5579, 55.8164)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FC4 #C4703B

analogous

#3BC4B5 #3B8FC4 #3B4AC4

triadic

#3B8FC4 #C43B8F #8FC43B

tetradic

#3B8FC4 #B53BC4 #C4703B #4AC43B

square

#3B8FC4 #B53BC4 #C4703B #4AC43B

split-complementary

#3B8FC4 #C43B4A #C4B53B

monochromatic

#1F4A66 #2D6D95 #3B8FC4 #6AAAD2 #99C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3B8FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3B8FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FC4

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FC4	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afd6',
    500: '#3b8fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fc4;
$custom-light: #81afd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62231,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.2456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FC4

secondary

#CCA68F

accent

#834BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FC4

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

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