#3B98D6#3B98D6

#3B98D6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.127 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B98D6
RGB	rgb(59, 152, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 29%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -6.97, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 40.12, 259.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0598 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.127 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1648, 28.2385, 67.7296)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B98D6 #D6793B

analogous

#3BD6C6 #3B98D6 #3B4AD6

triadic

#3B98D6 #D63B98 #98D63B

tetradic

#3B98D6 #C63BD6 #D6793B #4AD63B

square

#3B98D6 #C63BD6 #D6793B #4AD63B

split-complementary

#3B98D6 #D63B4A #D6C63B

monochromatic

#1A557D #2578AF #3B98D6 #6EB3E1 #A0CDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#3B98D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#3B98D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B98D6

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B98D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B98D6	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b98d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 152, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.127 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6e3',
    500: '#3b98d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b98d6;
$custom-light: #84b6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b98d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65241,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B98D6

secondary

#D8B095

accent

#833FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B98D6

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

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