#3986AE#3986AE

#3986AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986AE
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 23%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -10.74, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 30.05, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0562 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.097 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8494, 20.9741, 43.1439)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986AE #AE6139

analogous

#39AE9B #3986AE #394BAE

triadic

#3986AE #AE3986 #86AE39

tetradic

#3986AE #9B39AE #AE6139 #4BAE39

square

#3986AE #9B39AE #AE6139 #4BAE39

split-complementary

#3986AE #AE394B #AE9B39

monochromatic

#1B3F52 #2A6280 #3986AE #5BA4C9 #89BDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#3986AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#3986AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986AE

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986AE	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da9c6',
    500: '#3986ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986ae;
$custom-light: #7da9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58941,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986AE

secondary

#C39780

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986AE

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

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