#3B9DC0#3B9DC0

#3B9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DC0
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -17.13, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 31.43, 236.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0723 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.103 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3712, 28.8469, 54.1952)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DC0 #C05E3B

analogous

#3BC0A0 #3B9DC0 #3B5BC0

triadic

#3B9DC0 #C03B9D #9DC03B

tetradic

#3B9DC0 #A03BC0 #C05E3B #5BC03B

square

#3B9DC0 #A03BC0 #C05E3B #5BC03B

split-complementary

#3B9DC0 #C03B5B #C0A03B

monochromatic

#1E5062 #2D7791 #3B9DC0 #68B5D1 #97CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#3B9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#3B9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DC0

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DC0	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad3',
    500: '#3b9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dc0;
$custom-light: #81bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65365,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DC0

secondary

#CA9D8C

accent

#724BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DC0

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

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