#3B98BF#3B98BF

#3B98BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.104 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98BF
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -14.75, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 31.79, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0675 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.104 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4321, 27.1454, 53.3375)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98BF #BF623B

analogous

#3BBFA4 #3B98BF #3B56BF

triadic

#3B98BF #BF3B98 #98BF3B

tetradic

#3B98BF #A43BBF #BF623B #56BF3B

square

#3B98BF #A43BBF #BF623B #56BF3B

split-complementary

#3B98BF #BF3B56 #BFA43B

monochromatic

#1E4E61 #2D7390 #3B98BF #67B1D0 #96C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3B98BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#3B98BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98BF

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98BF	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.104 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6d2',
    500: '#3b98bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98bf;
$custom-light: #81b6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64123,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98BF

secondary

#CA9E8C

accent

#764CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98BF

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

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