#3985B4#3985B4

#3985B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.104 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3985B4
RGB	rgb(57, 133, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -8.13, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 32.61, 255.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0531 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.104 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3099, 20.9382, 46.2477)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3985B4 #B46839

analogous

#39B4A6 #3985B4 #3948B4

triadic

#3985B4 #B43985 #85B439

tetradic

#3985B4 #A639B4 #B46839 #48B439

square

#3985B4 #A639B4 #B46839 #48B439

split-complementary

#3985B4 #B43948 #B4A639

monochromatic

#1C4057 #2A6386 #3985B4 #5EA2CC #8DBDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#3985B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#3985B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3985B4

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3985B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3985B4	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F85B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3985b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 133, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.104 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8ca',
    500: '#3985b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3985b4;
$custom-light: #7da8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3985b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.927,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58996,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3985B4

secondary

#C59D83

accent

#834CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3985B4

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

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