#3B9ABE#3B9ABE

#3B9ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.102 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9ABE
RGB	rgb(59, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -16.17, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 31.24, 238.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0699 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.102 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6498, 27.7562, 52.8690)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9ABE #BE5F3B

analogous

#3BBEA1 #3B9ABE #3B59BE

triadic

#3B9ABE #BE3B9A #9ABE3B

tetradic

#3B9ABE #A13BBE #BE5F3B #59BE3B

square

#3B9ABE #A13BBE #BE5F3B #59BE3B

split-complementary

#3B9ABE #BE3B59 #BEA13B

monochromatic

#1E4E61 #2C748F #3B9ABE #67B3D0 #95CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3B9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#3B9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9ABE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9ABE	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.102 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7d1',
    500: '#3b9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9abe;
$custom-light: #81b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9ABE

secondary

#CA9C8B

accent

#734CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9ABE

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

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