#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
RGBrgb(56, 152, 197)
HSLhsl(199, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(199, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.27, -13.18, -31.29)
CIE-LCHlch(59.27, 33.95, 247.15°)
OKLaboklab(64.31% -0.067 -0.0879)
OKLCHoklch(64.31% 0.111 232.7)
XYZxyz(22.9332, 27.3258, 56.8783)
Luminance0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##3898C51.003.256.476.47
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4721.001.001.00
##0000006.4721.001.001.00

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

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#3898C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva