#3986B5#3986B5

#3986B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.104 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986B5
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 26%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -8.37, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 32.70, 255.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0538 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.104 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5497, 21.2543, 46.8320)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986B5 #B56839

analogous

#39B5A6 #3986B5 #3948B5

triadic

#3986B5 #B53986 #86B539

tetradic

#3986B5 #A639B5 #B56839 #48B539

square

#3986B5 #A639B5 #B56839 #48B539

split-complementary

#3986B5 #B53948 #B5A639

monochromatic

#1C4158 #2A6486 #3986B5 #5FA3CD #8DBEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3986B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#3986B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986B5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986B5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7086B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.104 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea9cb',
    500: '#3986b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986b5;
$custom-light: #7ea9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59285,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986B5

secondary

#C69D84

accent

#834CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986B5

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

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