#3898C5#3898C5

#3898C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.111 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3898C5
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -13.18, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 33.95, 247.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.067 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.111 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9332, 27.3258, 56.8783)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3898C5 #C56538

analogous

#38C5AC #3898C5 #3852C5

triadic

#3898C5 #C53898 #98C538

tetradic

#3898C5 #AC38C5 #C56538 #52C538

square

#3898C5 #AC38C5 #C56538 #52C538

split-complementary

#3898C5 #C53852 #C5AC38

monochromatic

#1D4E66 #2A7395 #3898C5 #67B1D4 #96C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3898C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3898C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3898C5

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3898C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3898C5	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3898c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.111 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6d6',
    500: '#3898c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3898c5;
$custom-light: #80b6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3898c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64314,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3898C5

secondary

#CDA18C

accent

#7949DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3898C5

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

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