#3898BB#3898BB

#3898BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3898BB
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -16.52, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 31.05, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0706 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.102 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8251, 26.8826, 51.0427)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3898BB #BB5B38

analogous

#38BB9D #3898BB #3856BB

triadic

#3898BB #BB3898 #98BB38

tetradic

#3898BB #9D38BB #BB5B38 #56BB38

square

#3898BB #9D38BB #BB5B38 #56BB38

split-complementary

#3898BB #BB3856 #BB9D38

monochromatic

#1C4B5D #2A728C #3898BB #61B2D0 #90C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3898BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#3898BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3898BB

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3898BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3898BB	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3898bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6cf',
    500: '#3898bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3898bb;
$custom-light: #7fb6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3898bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3898BB

secondary

#C89886

accent

#724BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3898BB

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

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