#3B9DBC#3B9DBC

#3B9DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.100 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DBC
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -18.42, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 30.53, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0738 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.1 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9340, 28.6720, 51.8928)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DBC #BC5A3B

analogous

#3BBC9A #3B9DBC #3B5CBC

triadic

#3B9DBC #BC3B9D #9DBC3B

tetradic

#3B9DBC #9A3BBC #BC5A3B #5CBC3B

square

#3B9DBC #9A3BBC #BC5A3B #5CBC3B

split-complementary

#3B9DBC #BC3B5C #BC9A3B

monochromatic

#1E4F5F #2C768D #3B9DBC #65B5CF #94CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3B9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3B9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DBC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DBC	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)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.100 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad0',
    500: '#3b9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dbc;
$custom-light: #81bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65189,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DBC

secondary

#C9998A

accent

#6F4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DBC

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

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