#3B9CC2#3B9CC2

#3B9CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.105 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CC2
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -15.93, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 32.06, 240.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0705 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.105 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4258, 28.5992, 55.3141)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CC2 #C2613B

analogous

#3BC2A5 #3B9CC2 #3B58C2

triadic

#3B9CC2 #C23B9C #9CC23B

tetradic

#3B9CC2 #A53BC2 #C2613B #58C23B

square

#3B9CC2 #A53BC2 #C2613B #58C23B

split-complementary

#3B9CC2 #C23B58 #C2A53B

monochromatic

#1E5164 #2D7693 #3B9CC2 #69B4D1 #98CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3B9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#3B9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CC2

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CC2	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.105 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d4',
    500: '#3b9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9cc2;
$custom-light: #81b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65215,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CC2

secondary

#CB9F8E

accent

#744BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CC2

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

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