#3983B8#3983B8

#3983B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.109 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3983B8
RGB	rgb(57, 131, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 28.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -5.60, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 34.97, 260.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0497 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.109 243)
XYZ	xyz(18.4521, 20.5612, 48.3344)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3983B8 #B86E39

analogous

#39B8AD #3983B8 #3944B8

triadic

#3983B8 #B83983 #83B839

tetradic

#3983B8 #AD39B8 #B86E39 #44B839

square

#3983B8 #AD39B8 #B86E39 #44B839

split-complementary

#3983B8 #B83944 #B8AD39

monochromatic

#1C405B #2B6289 #3983B8 #60A0CE #8FBCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#3983B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#3983B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3983B8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3983B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3983B8	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B84BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3983b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 131, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.109 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea6cd',
    500: '#3983b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3983b8;
$custom-light: #7ea6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3983b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58727,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.20563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3983B8

secondary

#C7A186

accent

#884CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3983B8

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

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