#3B98C4#3B98C4

#3B98C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.108 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98C4
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -13.09, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 33.34, 246.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0657 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.108 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9917, 27.3692, 56.2849)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98C4 #C4673B

analogous

#3BC4AB #3B98C4 #3B54C4

triadic

#3B98C4 #C43B98 #98C43B

tetradic

#3B98C4 #AB3BC4 #C4673B #54C43B

square

#3B98C4 #AB3BC4 #C4673B #54C43B

split-complementary

#3B98C4 #C43B54 #C4AB3B

monochromatic

#1F4F66 #2D7495 #3B98C4 #6AB1D2 #99C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3B98C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3B98C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98C4

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98C4	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.108 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6d6',
    500: '#3b98c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98c4;
$custom-light: #81b6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.27,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64355,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98C4

secondary

#CCA28F

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98C4

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

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