#3B9AC9#3B9AC9

#3B9AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9AC9
RGB	rgb(59, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -12.52, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 34.57, 248.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.066 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.112 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8977, 28.2554, 59.4414)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9AC9 #C96A3B

analogous

#3BC9B1 #3B9AC9 #3B53C9

triadic

#3B9AC9 #C93B9A #9AC93B

tetradic

#3B9AC9 #B13BC9 #C96A3B #53C93B

square

#3B9AC9 #B13BC9 #C96A3B #53C93B

split-complementary

#3B9AC9 #C93B53 #C9B13B

monochromatic

#1E526C #2B769C #3B9AC9 #6BB3D6 #9BCBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#3B9AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#3B9AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9AC9

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9AC9	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)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7d9',
    500: '#3b9ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ac9;
$custom-light: #82b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9AC9

secondary

#CFA590

accent

#7A48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9AC9

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

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