#3B9DB9#3B9DB9

#3B9DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.098 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DB9
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -19.39, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 29.95, 229.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0749 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.098 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6140, 28.5440, 50.2073)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DB9 #B9573B

analogous

#3BB996 #3B9DB9 #3B5EB9

triadic

#3B9DB9 #B93B9D #9DB93B

tetradic

#3B9DB9 #963BB9 #B9573B #5EB93B

square

#3B9DB9 #963BB9 #B9573B #5EB93B

split-complementary

#3B9DB9 #B93B5E #B9963B

monochromatic

#1D4E5C #2C768B #3B9DB9 #64B6CD #92CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3B9DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#3B9DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DB9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DB9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.098 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bace',
    500: '#3b9db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9db9;
$custom-light: #80bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6506,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DB9

secondary

#C79688

accent

#6C4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DB9

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

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