#3B98BB#3B98BB

#3B98BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98BB
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -16.07, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 30.69, 238.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.069 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.101 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9979, 26.9717, 51.0508)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98BB #BB5E3B

analogous

#3BBB9E #3B98BB #3B58BB

triadic

#3B98BB #BB3B98 #98BB3B

tetradic

#3B98BB #9E3BBB #BB5E3B #58BB3B

square

#3B98BB #9E3BBB #BB5E3B #58BB3B

split-complementary

#3B98BB #BB3B58 #BB9E3B

monochromatic

#1E4C5E #2C728C #3B98BB #65B2CE #93C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3B98BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#3B98BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98BB

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98BB	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6cf',
    500: '#3b98bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98bb;
$custom-light: #80b6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63941,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98BB

secondary

#C89B8A

accent

#734CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98BB

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

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