#3B9DC5#3B9DC5

#3B9DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.107 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DC5
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -15.49, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 32.74, 241.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0704 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.107 229)
XYZ	xyz(23.9346, 29.0723, 57.1626)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DC5 #C5633B

analogous

#3BC5A8 #3B9DC5 #3B58C5

triadic

#3B9DC5 #C53B9D #9DC53B

tetradic

#3B9DC5 #A83BC5 #C5633B #58C53B

square

#3B9DC5 #A83BC5 #C5633B #58C53B

split-complementary

#3B9DC5 #C53B58 #C5A83B

monochromatic

#1F5267 #2C7896 #3B9DC5 #6AB5D3 #99CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3B9DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#3B9DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DC5

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DC5	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.107 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad6',
    500: '#3b9dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dc5;
$custom-light: #82bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6559,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.29075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DC5

secondary

#CDA18F

accent

#754ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DC5

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

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