#3899BD#3899BD

#3899BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3899BD
RGB	rgb(56, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -16.40, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 31.44, 238.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0709 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.103 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2037, 27.2948, 52.2325)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3899BD #BD5C38

analogous

#38BD9F #3899BD #3856BD

triadic

#3899BD #BD3899 #99BD38

tetradic

#3899BD #9F38BD #BD5C38 #56BD38

square

#3899BD #9F38BD #BD5C38 #56BD38

split-complementary

#3899BD #BD3856 #BD9F38

monochromatic

#1C4D5F #2A738E #3899BD #62B2D0 #91C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3899BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#3899BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3899BD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3899BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3899BD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3899bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb7d1',
    500: '#3899bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3899bd;
$custom-light: #7fb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3899bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64183,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3899BD

secondary

#C99987

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3899BD

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

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