#3B899E#3B899E

#3B899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.082 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B899E
RGB	rgb(59, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -17.29, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 25.18, 226.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0643 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.082 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9184, 21.2880, 35.5585)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B899E #9E503B

analogous

#3B9E81 #3B899E #3B589E

triadic

#3B899E #9E3B89 #899E3B

tetradic

#3B899E #813B9E #9E503B #589E3B

square

#3B899E #813B9E #9E503B #589E3B

split-complementary

#3B899E #9E3B58 #9E813B

monochromatic

#1A3C45 #2A6271 #3B899E #56AAC0 #83C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#3B899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#3B899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B899E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B899E	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.082 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cabba',
    500: '#3b899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b899e;
$custom-light: #7cabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59021,
    "c": 0.08202,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B899E

secondary

#BB887A

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B899E

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

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