#3B9DC2#3B9DC2

#3B9DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.105 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DC2
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -16.47, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 31.93, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0715 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.105 227)
XYZ	xyz(23.5943, 28.9361, 55.3702)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DC2 #C2603B

analogous

#3BC2A3 #3B9DC2 #3B5AC2

triadic

#3B9DC2 #C23B9D #9DC23B

tetradic

#3B9DC2 #A33BC2 #C2603B #5AC23B

square

#3B9DC2 #A33BC2 #C2603B #5AC23B

split-complementary

#3B9DC2 #C23B5A #C2A33B

monochromatic

#1E5164 #2D7793 #3B9DC2 #69B5D1 #98CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#3B9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#3B9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DC2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DC2	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.105 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad4',
    500: '#3b9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dc2;
$custom-light: #81bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65454,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.28939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DC2

secondary

#CB9E8E

accent

#734BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DC2

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

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