#3B82AB#3B82AB

#3B82AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B82AB
RGB	rgb(59, 130, 171)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 24%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, -9.14, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 29.75, 252.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0517 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.095 237)
XYZ	xyz(17.1341, 19.8336, 41.4455)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B82AB #AB643B

analogous

#3BAB9C #3B82AB #3B4AAB

triadic

#3B82AB #AB3B82 #82AB3B

tetradic

#3B82AB #9C3BAB #AB643B #4AAB3B

square

#3B82AB #9C3BAB #AB643B #4AAB3B

split-complementary

#3B82AB #AB3B4A #AB9C3B

monochromatic

#1C3D50 #2B5F7D #3B82AB #5CA0C7 #8ABAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#3B82AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#3B82AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B82AB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B82AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B82AB	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F81AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F76AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b82ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 130, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da6c4',
    500: '#3b82ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b82ab;
$custom-light: #7da6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b82ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.964,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57906,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.19835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B82AB

secondary

#C19881

accent

#8250D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B82AB

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

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