#3985C9#3985C9

#3985C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.128 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3985C9
RGB	rgb(57, 133, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(208, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -0.79, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 42.01, 268.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0466 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.128 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6135, 21.8597, 58.3800)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3985C9 #C97D39

analogous

#39C9C5 #3985C9 #393DC9

triadic

#3985C9 #C93985 #85C939

tetradic

#3985C9 #C539C9 #C97D39 #3DC939

square

#3985C9 #C539C9 #C97D39 #3DC939

split-complementary

#3985C9 #C9393D #C9C539

monochromatic

#1D466B #2A669B #3985C9 #69A3D6 #99C0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#3985C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#3985C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3985C9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3985C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3985C9	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6688CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3985c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 133, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.128 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8da',
    500: '#3985c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3985c9;
$custom-light: #81a8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3985c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6011,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3985C9

secondary

#CFAD8F

accent

#9047E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3985C9

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

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