#3B8FDE#3B8FDE

#3B8FDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.144 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8FDE
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 35.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 1.03, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 47.48, 271.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0491 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.144 250)
XYZ	xyz(24.8059, 25.8458, 72.7745)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8FDE #DE8A3B

analogous

#3BDEDC #3B8FDE #3B3DDE

triadic

#3B8FDE #DE3B8F #8FDE3B

tetradic

#3B8FDE #DC3BDE #DE8A3B #3DDE3B

square

#3B8FDE #DC3BDE #DE8A3B #3DDE3B

split-complementary

#3B8FDE #DE3B3D #DEDC3B

monochromatic

#175188 #2070BC #3B8FDE #6FADE7 #A4CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3B8FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3B8FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8FDE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8FDE	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.144 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afe8',
    500: '#3b8fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8fde;
$custom-light: #85afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.08,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63624,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.25849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8FDE

secondary

#DDB998

accent

#913AEE

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8FDE

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

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