#3B9DBA#3B9DBA

#3B9DBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.099 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DBA
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -19.07, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 30.13, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0746 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.099 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7199, 28.5864, 50.7652)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DBA #BA583B

analogous

#3BBA97 #3B9DBA #3B5DBA

triadic

#3B9DBA #BA3B9D #9DBA3B

tetradic

#3B9DBA #973BBA #BA583B #5DBA3B

square

#3B9DBA #973BBA #BA583B #5DBA3B

split-complementary

#3B9DBA #BA3B5D #BA973B

monochromatic

#1E4F5D #2C768C #3B9DBA #64B6CE #93CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3B9DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#3B9DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DBA

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DBA	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#8C99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.099 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bace',
    500: '#3b9dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dba;
$custom-light: #80bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65103,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DBA

secondary

#C89789

accent

#6D4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DBA

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

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