#3B9BCA#3B9BCA

#3B9BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.113 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9BCA
RGB	rgb(59, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -12.73, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 34.68, 248.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0666 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.113 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1814, 28.6340, 60.1182)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9BCA #CA6A3B

analogous

#3BCAB1 #3B9BCA #3B53CA

triadic

#3B9BCA #CA3B9B #9BCA3B

tetradic

#3B9BCA #B13BCA #CA6A3B #53CA3B

square

#3B9BCA #B13BCA #CA6A3B #53CA3B

split-complementary

#3B9BCA #CA3B53 #CAB13B

monochromatic

#1E536D #2B789D #3B9BCA #6BB4D7 #9BCCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3B9BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#3B9BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9BCA

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9BCA	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.113 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8da',
    500: '#3b9bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9bca;
$custom-light: #82b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.72,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65348,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9BCA

secondary

#D0A691

accent

#7A47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9BCA

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

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