#3898CD#3898CD

#3898CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.118 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3898CD
RGB	rgb(56, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -10.47, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 36.77, 253.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0642 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.118 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8742, 27.7023, 61.8346)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3898CD #CD6D38

analogous

#38CDB7 #3898CD #384DCD

triadic

#3898CD #CD3898 #98CD38

tetradic

#3898CD #B738CD #CD6D38 #4DCD38

square

#3898CD #B738CD #CD6D38 #4DCD38

split-complementary

#3898CD #CD384D #CDB738

monochromatic

#1C516F #2875A0 #3898CD #69B1D9 #9ACBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3898CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#3898CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3898CD

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3898CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3898CD	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3898cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.118 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6dc',
    500: '#3898cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3898cd;
$custom-light: #82b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3898cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3898CD

secondary

#D1A78F

accent

#7D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3898CD

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

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