#3F8BAD#3F8BAD

#3F8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.091 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8BAD
RGB	rgb(63, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -12.84, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 28.01, 242.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0581 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.091 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8224, 22.5372, 42.8852)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8BAD #AD613F

analogous

#3FAD98 #3F8BAD #3F54AD

triadic

#3F8BAD #AD3F8B #8BAD3F

tetradic

#3F8BAD #983FAD #AD613F #54AD3F

square

#3F8BAD #983FAD #AD613F #54AD3F

split-complementary

#3F8BAD #AD3F54 #AD983F

monochromatic

#1E4353 #2F6780 #3F8BAD #63A8C6 #90C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3F8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3F8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8BAD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8BAD	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.091 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc5',
    500: '#3f8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8bad;
$custom-light: #7facc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60314,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8BAD

secondary

#C29986

accent

#7B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8BAD

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

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