#3898BA#3898BA

#3898BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3898BA
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -16.85, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 30.80, 236.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.071 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.101 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7185, 26.8400, 50.4809)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3898BA #BA5A38

analogous

#38BA9B #3898BA #3857BA

triadic

#3898BA #BA3898 #98BA38

tetradic

#3898BA #9B38BA #BA5A38 #57BA38

square

#3898BA #9B38BA #BA5A38 #57BA38

split-complementary

#3898BA #BA3857 #BA9B38

monochromatic

#1C4B5C #2A728B #3898BA #60B2CF #8FC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3898BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3898BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3898BA

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3898BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3898BA	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3898ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6ce',
    500: '#3898ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3898ba;
$custom-light: #7fb6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3898ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3898BA

secondary

#C89786

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3898BA

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

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