#3B9DCA#3B9DCA

#3B9DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.112 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9DCA
RGB	rgb(59, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -13.83, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 34.25, 246.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0686 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.112 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5170, 29.3052, 60.2300)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9DCA #CA683B

analogous

#3BCAAF #3B9DCA #3B55CA

triadic

#3B9DCA #CA3B9D #9DCA3B

tetradic

#3B9DCA #AF3BCA #CA683B #55CA3B

square

#3B9DCA #AF3BCA #CA683B #55CA3B

split-complementary

#3B9DCA #CA3B55 #CAAF3B

monochromatic

#1E546D #2B799D #3B9DCA #6BB5D7 #9BCDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3B9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#3B9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9DCA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9DCA	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.112 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bada',
    500: '#3b9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9dca;
$custom-light: #83bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65821,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9DCA

secondary

#D0A591

accent

#7747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9DCA

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

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