#3986A6#3986A6

#3986A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.089 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986A6
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 166)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -13.41, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 27.47, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0591 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.089 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0927, 20.6714, 39.1582)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986A6 #A65939

analogous

#39A68F #3986A6 #394FA6

triadic

#3986A6 #A63986 #86A639

tetradic

#3986A6 #8F39A6 #A65939 #4FA639

square

#3986A6 #8F39A6 #A65939 #4FA639

split-complementary

#3986A6 #A6394F #A68F39

monochromatic

#1A3C4B #296178 #3986A6 #57A5C5 #84BDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#3986A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#3986A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986A6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986A6	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6679A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.089 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba9c0',
    500: '#3986a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986a6;
$custom-light: #7ba9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.615,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58566,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986A6

secondary

#BF907C

accent

#784FD8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986A6

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

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