#3983B4#3983B4

#3983B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.105 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3983B4
RGB	rgb(57, 131, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -6.98, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 33.26, 257.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.051 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.105 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0387, 20.3958, 46.1573)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3983B4 #B46A39

analogous

#39B4A8 #3983B4 #3946B4

triadic

#3983B4 #B43983 #83B439

tetradic

#3983B4 #A839B4 #B46A39 #46B439

square

#3983B4 #A839B4 #B46A39 #46B439

split-complementary

#3983B4 #B43946 #B4A839

monochromatic

#1C3F57 #2A6186 #3983B4 #5EA0CC #8DBCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#3983B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#3983B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3983B4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3983B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3983B4	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D83B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C77B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3983b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 131, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.105 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da6ca',
    500: '#3983b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3983b4;
$custom-light: #7da6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3983b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.902,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58521,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3983B4

secondary

#C59E83

accent

#854CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3983B4

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

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