#3B9DC7#3B9DC7

#3B9DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.109 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DC7
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 199)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -14.83, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 33.32, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0697 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.109 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1653, 29.1645, 58.3775)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DC7 #C7653B

analogous

#3BC7AB #3B9DC7 #3B57C7

triadic

#3B9DC7 #C73B9D #9DC73B

tetradic

#3B9DC7 #AB3BC7 #C7653B #57C73B

square

#3B9DC7 #AB3BC7 #C7653B #57C73B

split-complementary

#3B9DC7 #C73B57 #C7AB3B

monochromatic

#1E5369 #2C7899 #3B9DC7 #6BB5D5 #9ACDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#3B9DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#3B9DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DC7

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DC7	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.109 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad8',
    500: '#3b9dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dc7;
$custom-light: #82bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65681,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DC7

secondary

#CEA290

accent

#7649DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DC7

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

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