#3898BE#3898BE

#3898BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3898BE
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -15.53, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 31.84, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0695 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.104 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1496, 27.0124, 52.7518)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3898BE #BE5E38

analogous

#38BEA1 #3898BE #3855BE

triadic

#3898BE #BE3898 #98BE38

tetradic

#3898BE #A138BE #BE5E38 #55BE38

square

#3898BE #A138BE #BE5E38 #55BE38

split-complementary

#3898BE #BE3855 #BEA138

monochromatic

#1C4C5F #2A728F #3898BE #62B2D1 #92C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3898BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3898BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3898BE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3898BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3898BE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3898be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 228.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3898be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63988,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3898BE

secondary

#CA9B88

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3898BE

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

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