#3B8FC9#3B8FC9

#3B8FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FC9
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -6.33, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 37.82, 260.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0551 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.119 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1646, 24.7893, 58.8637)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FC9 #C9753B

analogous

#3BC9BC #3B8FC9 #3B48C9

triadic

#3B8FC9 #C93B8F #8FC93B

tetradic

#3B8FC9 #BC3BC9 #C9753B #48C93B

square

#3B8FC9 #BC3BC9 #C9753B #48C93B

split-complementary

#3B8FC9 #C93B48 #C9BC3B

monochromatic

#1E4C6C #2B6E9C #3B8FC9 #6BAAD6 #9BC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#3B8FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#3B8FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FC9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FC9	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afd9',
    500: '#3b8fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fc9;
$custom-light: #82afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62486,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FC9

secondary

#CFAA90

accent

#8648E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FC9

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

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