#3898BD#3898BD

#3898BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3898BD
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -15.86, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 31.56, 239.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0699 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.104 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0407, 26.9689, 52.1782)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3898BD #BD5D38

analogous

#38BDA0 #3898BD #3855BD

triadic

#3898BD #BD3898 #98BD38

tetradic

#3898BD #A038BD #BD5D38 #55BD38

square

#3898BD #A038BD #BD5D38 #55BD38

split-complementary

#3898BD #BD3855 #BDA038

monochromatic

#1C4C5F #2A728E #3898BD #62B2D0 #91C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3898BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#3898BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3898BD

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3898BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3898BD	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3898bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6d1',
    500: '#3898bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3898bd;
$custom-light: #7fb6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3898bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63942,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3898BD

secondary

#C99A87

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3898BD

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

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