#3B9BC3#3B9BC3

#3B9BC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.106 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9BC3
RGB	rgb(59, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -15.06, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 32.48, 242.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0691 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.106 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3714, 28.3100, 55.8518)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9BC3 #C3633B

analogous

#3BC3A7 #3B9BC3 #3B57C3

triadic

#3B9BC3 #C33B9B #9BC33B

tetradic

#3B9BC3 #A73BC3 #C3633B #57C33B

square

#3B9BC3 #A73BC3 #C3633B #57C33B

split-complementary

#3B9BC3 #C33B57 #C3A73B

monochromatic

#1F5065 #2D7694 #3B9BC3 #69B3D2 #98CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3B9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#3B9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9BC3

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9BC3	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.106 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8d5',
    500: '#3b9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9bc3;
$custom-light: #81b8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65022,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9BC3

secondary

#CCA08E

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9BC3

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

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