#3986AB#3986AB

#3986AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.094 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986AB
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 171)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -11.75, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 29.02, 246.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0573 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.094 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5602, 20.8585, 41.6208)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986AB #AB5E39

analogous

#39AB97 #3986AB #394DAB

triadic

#3986AB #AB3986 #86AB39

tetradic

#3986AB #9739AB #AB5E39 #4DAB39

square

#3986AB #9739AB #AB5E39 #4DAB39

split-complementary

#3986AB #AB394D #AB9739

monochromatic

#1A3E4F #2A627D #3986AB #59A4C8 #87BDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#3986AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#3986AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986AB

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986AB	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7484AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.094 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca9c4',
    500: '#3986ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986ab;
$custom-light: #7ca9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58798,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986AB

secondary

#C1947F

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986AB

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

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