#3B9BC2#3B9BC2

#3B9BC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.105 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9BC2
RGB	rgb(59, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -15.39, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 32.19, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0695 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.105 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2587, 28.2649, 55.2584)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9BC2 #C2623B

analogous

#3BC2A6 #3B9BC2 #3B58C2

triadic

#3B9BC2 #C23B9B #9BC23B

tetradic

#3B9BC2 #A63BC2 #C2623B #58C23B

square

#3B9BC2 #A63BC2 #C2623B #58C23B

split-complementary

#3B9BC2 #C23B58 #C2A63B

monochromatic

#1E5064 #2D7693 #3B9BC2 #69B3D1 #98CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#3B9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#3B9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9BC2

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9BC2	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)

#8798C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.105 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8d4',
    500: '#3b9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9bc2;
$custom-light: #81b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64976,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9BC2

secondary

#CB9F8E

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9BC2

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

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