#3B82AE#3B82AE

#3B82AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.098 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B82AE
RGB	rgb(59, 130, 174)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -8.12, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 30.92, 254.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0507 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.098 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4233, 19.9493, 42.9686)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B82AE #AE673B

analogous

#3BAEA0 #3B82AE #3B48AE

triadic

#3B82AE #AE3B82 #82AE3B

tetradic

#3B82AE #A03BAE #AE673B #48AE3B

square

#3B82AE #A03BAE #AE673B #48AE3B

split-complementary

#3B82AE #AE3B48 #AEA03B

monochromatic

#1C3E53 #2C6080 #3B82AE #5EA0C8 #8CBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#3B82AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#3B82AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B82AE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B82AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B82AE	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E82B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b82ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 130, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.098 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da6c6',
    500: '#3b82ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b82ae;
$custom-light: #7da6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b82ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58053,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B82AE

secondary

#C29B82

accent

#844FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B82AE

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

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