#3B9CC4#3B9CC4

#3B9CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.107 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9CC4
RGB	rgb(59, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -15.28, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 32.61, 242.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0698 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.107 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6519, 28.6896, 56.5050)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9CC4 #C4633B

analogous

#3BC4A7 #3B9CC4 #3B58C4

triadic

#3B9CC4 #C43B9C #9CC43B

tetradic

#3B9CC4 #A73BC4 #C4633B #58C43B

square

#3B9CC4 #A73BC4 #C4633B #58C43B

split-complementary

#3B9CC4 #C43B58 #C4A73B

monochromatic

#1F5166 #2D7795 #3B9CC4 #6AB4D2 #99CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3B9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3B9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9CC4

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9CC4	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.107 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d6',
    500: '#3b9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9cc4;
$custom-light: #82b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65306,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9CC4

secondary

#CCA18F

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9CC4

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

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