#3B9ABC#3B9ABC

#3B9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9ABC
RGB	rgb(59, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -16.82, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 30.74, 236.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0707 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.101 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4327, 27.6694, 51.7257)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9ABC #BC5D3B

analogous

#3BBC9D #3B9ABC #3B59BC

triadic

#3B9ABC #BC3B9A #9ABC3B

tetradic

#3B9ABC #9D3BBC #BC5D3B #59BC3B

square

#3B9ABC #9D3BBC #BC5D3B #59BC3B

split-complementary

#3B9ABC #BC3B59 #BC9D3B

monochromatic

#1E4E5F #2C748D #3B9ABC #65B3CF #94CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3B9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3B9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9ABC

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9ABC	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7d0',
    500: '#3b9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9abc;
$custom-light: #80b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64467,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9ABC

secondary

#C99B8A

accent

#724CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9ABC

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

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