#3F8CB6#3F8CB6

#3F8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8CB6
RGB	rgb(63, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -10.44, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 30.82, 250.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0559 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.099 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8682, 23.1883, 47.6756)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8CB6 #B6693F

analogous

#3FB6A4 #3F8CB6 #3F51B6

triadic

#3F8CB6 #B63F8C #8CB63F

tetradic

#3F8CB6 #A43FB6 #B6693F #51B63F

square

#3F8CB6 #A43FB6 #B6693F #51B63F

split-complementary

#3F8CB6 #B63F51 #B6A43F

monochromatic

#20465B #2F6989 #3F8CB6 #68A8CB #95C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3F8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3F8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8CB6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8CB6	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adcc',
    500: '#3f8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8cb6;
$custom-light: #80adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60973,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8CB6

secondary

#C6A08B

accent

#8050D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8CB6

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

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