#3988B6#3988B6

#3988B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3988B6
RGBrgb(57, 136, 182)
HSLhsl(202, 52%, 47%)
HSVhsv(202, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(53.87, -9.17, -31.18)
CIE-LCHlch(53.87, 32.50, 253.62°)
OKLaboklab(59.81% -0.0555 -0.0877)
OKLCHoklch(59.81% 0.104 237.7)
XYZxyz(18.9317, 21.8535, 47.4673)
Luminance0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3988B6 #B66739
analogous
#39B6A6 #3988B6 #394AB6
triadic
#3988B6 #B63988 #88B639
tetradic
#3988B6 #A639B6 #B66739 #4AB639
square
#3988B6 #A639B6 #B66739 #4AB639
split-complementary
#3988B6 #B6394A #B6A639
monochromatic
#1C4259 #2A6587 #3988B6 #5FA5CD #8EBFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91
#3988B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37
#3988B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3988B6
5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3988B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3988B61.003.915.375.37
#FFFFFF3.911.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3721.001.001.00
##0000005.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7288B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#617BB5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009498
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3988b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 136, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 237.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaacc',
    500: '#3988b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3988b6;
$custom-light: #7eaacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3988b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.08,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59811,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3988B6
secondary
#C69D85
accent
#814CDC
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#EFF4F8
border
#CACED1
text
#0B1013
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3988B6

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#3988B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva