#3B9CC3#3B9CC3

#3B9CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.106 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CC3
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -15.61, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 32.33, 241.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0701 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.106 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5385, 28.6442, 55.9075)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CC3 #C3623B

analogous

#3BC3A6 #3B9CC3 #3B58C3

triadic

#3B9CC3 #C33B9C #9CC33B

tetradic

#3B9CC3 #A63BC3 #C3623B #58C33B

square

#3B9CC3 #A63BC3 #C3623B #58C33B

split-complementary

#3B9CC3 #C33B58 #C3A63B

monochromatic

#1F5165 #2D7694 #3B9CC3 #69B4D2 #98CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3B9CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#3B9CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CC3

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CC3	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)

#8899C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.106 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d5',
    500: '#3b9cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9cc3;
$custom-light: #82b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6526,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CC3

secondary

#CCA08E

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CC3

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

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