#3B98C8#3B98C8

#3B98C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98C8
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -11.75, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 34.70, 250.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0643 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.112 235)
XYZ	xyz(23.4531, 27.5538, 58.7148)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98C8 #C86B3B

analogous

#3BC8B2 #3B98C8 #3B51C8

triadic

#3B98C8 #C83B98 #98C83B

tetradic

#3B98C8 #B23BC8 #C86B3B #51C83B

square

#3B98C8 #B23BC8 #C86B3B #51C83B

split-complementary

#3B98C8 #C83B51 #C8B23B

monochromatic

#1E516B #2B759A #3B98C8 #6BB1D5 #9BCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#3B98C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#3B98C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98C8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98C8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6d9',
    500: '#3b98c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98c8;
$custom-light: #82b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64545,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.27556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98C8

secondary

#CFA590

accent

#7C48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98C8

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

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