#39B5DC#39B5DC

#39B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#39B5DC
RGB	rgb(57, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -20.93, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 36.01, 234.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0864 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.119 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1241, 39.0812, 73.5993)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#39B5DC #DC6039

analogous

#39DCB2 #39B5DC #3964DC

triadic

#39B5DC #DC39B5 #B5DC39

tetradic

#39B5DC #B239DC #DC6039 #64DC39

square

#39B5DC #B239DC #DC6039 #64DC39

split-complementary

#39B5DC #DC3964 #DCB239

monochromatic

#176A83 #2093B7 #39B5DC #6DC8E5 #A1DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#39B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#39B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #39B5DC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##39B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##39B5DC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #39b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbe7',
    500: '#39b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #39b5dc;
$custom-light: #86cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#39b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.356,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72249,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#39B5DC

secondary

#DBA696

accent

#663BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #39B5DC

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

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