#3B809E#3B809E

#3B809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.083 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B809E
RGB	rgb(59, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, -12.32, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 25.70, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.0543 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.083 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6920, 18.8352, 35.1497)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B809E #9E593B

analogous

#3B9E8B #3B809E #3B4E9E

triadic

#3B809E #9E3B80 #809E3B

tetradic

#3B809E #8B3B9E #9E593B #4E9E3B

square

#3B809E #8B3B9E #9E593B #4E9E3B

split-complementary

#3B809E #9E3B4E #9E8B3B

monochromatic

#1A3845 #2A5C71 #3B809E #56A0C0 #83B9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#3B809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#3B809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B809E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B809E	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.083 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba4ba',
    500: '#3b809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b809e;
$custom-light: #7ba4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56807,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B809E

secondary

#BB8E7A

accent

#7A53D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B809E

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

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