#3994C9#3994C9

#3994C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3994C9
RGB	rgb(57, 148, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 26.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -9.46, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 36.33, 254.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0611 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.116 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8157, 26.2641, 59.1140)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3994C9 #C96E39

analogous

#39C9B6 #3994C9 #394CC9

triadic

#3994C9 #C93994 #94C939

tetradic

#3994C9 #B639C9 #C96E39 #4CC939

square

#3994C9 #B639C9 #C96E39 #4CC939

split-complementary

#3994C9 #C9394C #C9B639

monochromatic

#1D4E6B #2A719B #3994C9 #69AED6 #99C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3994C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3994C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3994C9

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3994C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3994C9	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3994c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 148, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b3d9',
    500: '#3994c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3994c9;
$custom-light: #81b3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3994c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63593,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3994C9

secondary

#CFA68F

accent

#8047E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3994C9

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

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