#3B98BC#3B98BC

#3B98BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98BC
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -15.74, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 30.96, 239.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0686 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.101 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1053, 27.0147, 51.6166)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98BC #BC5F3B

analogous

#3BBC9F #3B98BC #3B57BC

triadic

#3B98BC #BC3B98 #98BC3B

tetradic

#3B98BC #9F3BBC #BC5F3B #57BC3B

square

#3B98BC #9F3BBC #BC5F3B #57BC3B

split-complementary

#3B98BC #BC3B57 #BC9F3B

monochromatic

#1E4D5F #2C728D #3B98BC #65B1CF #94C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3B98BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3B98BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98BC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6d0',
    500: '#3b98bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98bc;
$custom-light: #80b6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98BC

secondary

#C99C8A

accent

#744CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98BC

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

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