#3B809D#3B809D

#3B809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.082 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B809D
RGB	rgb(59, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, -12.64, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 25.40, 240.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0547 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.082 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6062, 18.8009, 34.6982)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B809D #9D583B

analogous

#3B9D89 #3B809D #3B4F9D

triadic

#3B809D #9D3B80 #809D3B

tetradic

#3B809D #893B9D #9D583B #4F9D3B

square

#3B809D #893B9D #9D583B #4F9D3B

split-complementary

#3B809D #9D3B4F #9D893B

monochromatic

#1A3744 #2A5C71 #3B809D #56A0BF #82B9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#3B809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#3B809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B809D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B809D	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.082 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba4ba',
    500: '#3b809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b809d;
$custom-light: #7ba4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56762,
    "c": 0.08228,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B809D

secondary

#BA8D7A

accent

#7953D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B809D

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

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