#3B9DBE#3B9DBE

#3B9DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.102 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DBE
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -17.78, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 30.96, 234.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.073 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.102 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1511, 28.7589, 53.0361)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DBE #BE5C3B

analogous

#3BBE9E #3B9DBE #3B5CBE

triadic

#3B9DBE #BE3B9D #9DBE3B

tetradic

#3B9DBE #9E3BBE #BE5C3B #5CBE3B

square

#3B9DBE #9E3BBE #BE5C3B #5CBE3B

split-complementary

#3B9DBE #BE3B5C #BE9E3B

monochromatic

#1E5061 #2C768F #3B9DBE #67B5D0 #95CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3B9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#3B9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DBE

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DBE	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.102 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad1',
    500: '#3b9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dbe;
$custom-light: #81bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DBE

secondary

#CA9B8B

accent

#704CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DBE

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

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