#3986B8#3986B8

#3986B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.107 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986B8
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 27.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -7.33, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 33.92, 257.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0528 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.107 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8608, 21.3787, 48.4706)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986B8 #B86B39

analogous

#39B8AB #3986B8 #3947B8

triadic

#3986B8 #B83986 #86B839

tetradic

#3986B8 #AB39B8 #B86B39 #47B839

square

#3986B8 #AB39B8 #B86B39 #47B839

split-complementary

#3986B8 #B83947 #B8AB39

monochromatic

#1C425B #2B6489 #3986B8 #60A3CE #8FBEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3986B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3986B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986B8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986B8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F86BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.107 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea9cd',
    500: '#3986b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986b8;
$custom-light: #7ea9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.622,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986B8

secondary

#C79F86

accent

#854CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986B8

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

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