#3B9DC6#3B9DC6

#3B9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DC6
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -15.16, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 33.03, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.07 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.108 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0496, 29.1183, 57.7680)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DC6 #C6643B

analogous

#3BC6AA #3B9DC6 #3B57C6

triadic

#3B9DC6 #C63B9D #9DC63B

tetradic

#3B9DC6 #AA3BC6 #C6643B #57C63B

square

#3B9DC6 #AA3BC6 #C6643B #57C63B

split-complementary

#3B9DC6 #C63B57 #C6AA3B

monochromatic

#1E5268 #2C7898 #3B9DC6 #6AB5D4 #9ACCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3B9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#3B9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DC6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DC6	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)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad7',
    500: '#3b9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dc6;
$custom-light: #82bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65635,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DC6

secondary

#CDA28F

accent

#754ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DC6

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

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