#3B8FCD#3B8FCD

#3B8FCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FCD
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -4.95, -39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 39.56, 262.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0539 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.123 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6413, 24.9800, 61.3741)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FCD #CD793B

analogous

#3BCDC2 #3B8FCD #3B46CD

triadic

#3B8FCD #CD3B8F #8FCD3B

tetradic

#3B8FCD #C23BCD #CD793B #46CD3B

square

#3B8FCD #C23BCD #CD793B #46CD3B

split-complementary

#3B8FCD #CD3B46 #CDC23B

monochromatic

#1D4D71 #296EA2 #3B8FCD #6CABD9 #9DC7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#3B8FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#3B8FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FCD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FCD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afdc',
    500: '#3b8fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fcd;
$custom-light: #82afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.479,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62695,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FCD

secondary

#D2AD92

accent

#8845E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FCD

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

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