#3B9EC2#3B9EC2

#3B9EC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.105 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EC2
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -17.01, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 31.82, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0725 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.105 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7642, 29.2759, 55.4269)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EC2 #C25F3B

analogous

#3BC2A3 #3B9EC2 #3B5BC2

triadic

#3B9EC2 #C23B9E #9EC23B

tetradic

#3B9EC2 #A33BC2 #C25F3B #5BC23B

square

#3B9EC2 #A33BC2 #C25F3B #5BC23B

split-complementary

#3B9EC2 #C23B5B #C2A33B

monochromatic

#1E5264 #2D7893 #3B9EC2 #69B5D1 #98CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#3B9EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#3B9EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EC2

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EC2	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)

#8A9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.105 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad4',
    500: '#3b9ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ec2;
$custom-light: #82bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65693,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EC2

secondary

#CB9E8E

accent

#724BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EC2

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

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