#3986BC#3986BC

#3986BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986BC
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -5.95, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 35.62, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0515 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.112 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2861, 21.5488, 50.7101)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986BC #BC6F39

analogous

#39BCB0 #3986BC #3944BC

triadic

#3986BC #BC3986 #86BC39

tetradic

#3986BC #B039BC #BC6F39 #44BC39

square

#3986BC #B039BC #BC6F39 #44BC39

split-complementary

#3986BC #BC3944 #BCB039

monochromatic

#1D435E #2B658D #3986BC #63A3D0 #92BEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#3986BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#3986BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986BC

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986BC	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa9d0',
    500: '#3986bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986bc;
$custom-light: #7fa9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.733,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59641,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986BC

secondary

#C9A388

accent

#874BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986BC

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

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