#3B9FD8#3B9FD8

#3B9FD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.124 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9FD8
RGB	rgb(59, 159, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -10.21, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 38.66, 254.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0658 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.124 238)
XYZ	xyz(26.5916, 30.6809, 69.4730)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9FD8 #D8743B

analogous

#3BD8C2 #3B9FD8 #3B51D8

triadic

#3B9FD8 #D83B9F #9FD83B

tetradic

#3B9FD8 #C23BD8 #D8743B #51D83B

square

#3B9FD8 #C23BD8 #D8743B #51D83B

split-complementary

#3B9FD8 #D83B51 #D8C23B

monochromatic

#195A7F #237EB2 #3B9FD8 #6EB8E2 #A1D1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#3B9FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#3B9FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9FD8

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9FD8	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 159, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.124 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbe4',
    500: '#3b9fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9fd8;
$custom-light: #85bbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.783,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66963,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.30684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9FD8

secondary

#D9AE96

accent

#7C3EEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9FD8

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

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