#3B98BE#3B98BE

#3B98BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98BE
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -15.08, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 31.51, 241.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0679 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.103 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3224, 27.1015, 52.7599)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98BE #BE613B

analogous

#3BBEA3 #3B98BE #3B57BE

triadic

#3B98BE #BE3B98 #98BE3B

tetradic

#3B98BE #A33BBE #BE613B #57BE3B

square

#3B98BE #A33BBE #BE613B #57BE3B

split-complementary

#3B98BE #BE3B57 #BEA33B

monochromatic

#1E4D61 #2C738F #3B98BE #67B1D0 #95C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3B98BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#3B98BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98BE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98BE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6d1',
    500: '#3b98be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98be;
$custom-light: #81b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64077,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98BE

secondary

#CA9D8B

accent

#764CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98BE

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

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