#3B8FC8#3B8FC8

#3B8FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FC8
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -6.68, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 37.40, 259.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0554 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.118 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0474, 24.7424, 58.2462)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FC8 #C8743B

analogous

#3BC8BA #3B8FC8 #3B48C8

triadic

#3B8FC8 #C83B8F #8FC83B

tetradic

#3B8FC8 #BA3BC8 #C8743B #48C83B

square

#3B8FC8 #BA3BC8 #C8743B #48C83B

split-complementary

#3B8FC8 #C83B48 #C8BA3B

monochromatic

#1E4C6B #2B6E9A #3B8FC8 #6BAAD5 #9BC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3B8FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#3B8FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FC8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FC8	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afd9',
    500: '#3b8fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fc8;
$custom-light: #82afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62435,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FC8

secondary

#CFA990

accent

#8548DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FC8

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

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