#3B9CBE#3B9CBE

#3B9CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.102 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CBE
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -17.24, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 31.04, 236.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.072 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.102 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9826, 28.4219, 52.9800)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CBE #BE5D3B

analogous

#3BBE9F #3B9CBE #3B5BBE

triadic

#3B9CBE #BE3B9C #9CBE3B

tetradic

#3B9CBE #9F3BBE #BE5D3B #5BBE3B

square

#3B9CBE #9F3BBE #BE5D3B #5BBE3B

split-complementary

#3B9CBE #BE3B5B #BE9F3B

monochromatic

#1E4F61 #2C768F #3B9CBE #67B4D0 #95CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3B9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3B9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CBE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CBE	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.102 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d1',
    500: '#3b9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9cbe;
$custom-light: #81b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65036,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CBE

secondary

#CA9B8B

accent

#714CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CBE

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

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