#3986C9#3986C9

#3986C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.127 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3986C9
RGB	rgb(57, 134, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(208, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -1.38, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 41.56, 268.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0476 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.127 248)
XYZ	xyz(20.7511, 22.1348, 58.4258)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3986C9 #C97C39

analogous

#39C9C4 #3986C9 #393EC9

triadic

#3986C9 #C93986 #86C939

tetradic

#3986C9 #C439C9 #C97C39 #3EC939

square

#3986C9 #C439C9 #C97C39 #3EC939

split-complementary

#3986C9 #C9393E #C9C439

monochromatic

#1D466B #2A669B #3986C9 #69A3D6 #99C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#3986C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#3986C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3986C9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3986C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3986C9	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3986c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 134, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.127 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8da',
    500: '#3986c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3986c9;
$custom-light: #81a8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3986c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60339,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.22137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3986C9

secondary

#CFAD8F

accent

#8F47E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3986C9

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

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