#3B9EBE#3B9EBE

#3B9EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.102 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EBE
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -18.31, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 30.90, 233.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.074 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.102 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3210, 29.0986, 53.0927)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EBE #BE5B3B

analogous

#3BBE9D #3B9EBE #3B5DBE

triadic

#3B9EBE #BE3B9E #9EBE3B

tetradic

#3B9EBE #9D3BBE #BE5B3B #5DBE3B

square

#3B9EBE #9D3BBE #BE5B3B #5DBE3B

split-complementary

#3B9EBE #BE3B5D #BE9D3B

monochromatic

#1E5061 #2C778F #3B9EBE #67B6D0 #95CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#3B9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#3B9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EBE

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EBE	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)

#8C9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.102 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bad1',
    500: '#3b9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ebe;
$custom-light: #81bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65517,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EBE

secondary

#CA9A8B

accent

#6F4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EBE

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

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