#3B89AB#3B89AB

#3B89AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.092 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B89AB
RGB	rgb(59, 137, 171)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -13.09, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 28.24, 242.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0592 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.092 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0971, 21.7595, 41.7664)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B89AB #AB5D3B

analogous

#3BAB95 #3B89AB #3B51AB

triadic

#3B89AB #AB3B89 #89AB3B

tetradic

#3B89AB #953BAB #AB5D3B #51AB3B

square

#3B89AB #953BAB #AB5D3B #51AB3B

split-complementary

#3B89AB #AB3B51 #AB953B

monochromatic

#1C4050 #2B657D #3B89AB #5CA7C7 #8ABFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#3B89AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#3B89AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B89AB

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B89AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B89AB	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b89ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 137, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.092 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabc4',
    500: '#3b89ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b89ab;
$custom-light: #7dabc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b89ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59595,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B89AB

secondary

#C19481

accent

#7950D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B89AB

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

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