#3986BD#3986BD

#3986BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.113 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986BD
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -5.60, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 36.06, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0511 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.113 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3942, 21.5921, 51.2798)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986BD #BD7039

analogous

#39BDB2 #3986BD #3944BD

triadic

#3986BD #BD3986 #86BD39

tetradic

#3986BD #B239BD #BD7039 #44BD39

square

#3986BD #B239BD #BD7039 #44BD39

split-complementary

#3986BD #BD3944 #BDB239

monochromatic

#1D435F #2B658E #3986BD #63A3D0 #92BFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#3986BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#3986BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986BD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986BD	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.113 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa9d1',
    500: '#3986bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986bd;
$custom-light: #7fa9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59694,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986BD

secondary

#C9A489

accent

#884BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986BD

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

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