#3B9ABB#3B9ABB

#3B9ABB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9ABB
RGB	rgb(59, 154, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -17.14, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 30.50, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0711 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.1 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3252, 27.6264, 51.1599)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9ABB #BB5C3B

analogous

#3BBB9C #3B9ABB #3B5ABB

triadic

#3B9ABB #BB3B9A #9ABB3B

tetradic

#3B9ABB #9C3BBB #BB5C3B #5ABB3B

square

#3B9ABB #9C3BBB #BB5C3B #5ABB3B

split-complementary

#3B9ABB #BB3B5A #BB9C3B

monochromatic

#1E4D5E #2C748C #3B9ABB #65B3CE #93CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3B9ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3B9ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9ABB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9ABB	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 154, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7cf',
    500: '#3b9abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9abb;
$custom-light: #80b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.469,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9ABB

secondary

#C89A8A

accent

#714CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9ABB

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

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