#3B9EC5#3B9EC5

#3B9EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.107 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EC5
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 197)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -16.03, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 32.60, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0714 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.107 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1045, 29.4120, 57.2192)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EC5 #C5623B

analogous

#3BC5A7 #3B9EC5 #3B59C5

triadic

#3B9EC5 #C53B9E #9EC53B

tetradic

#3B9EC5 #A73BC5 #C5623B #59C53B

square

#3B9EC5 #A73BC5 #C5623B #59C53B

split-complementary

#3B9EC5 #C53B59 #C5A73B

monochromatic

#1F5367 #2C7896 #3B9EC5 #6AB5D3 #99CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3B9EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#3B9EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EC5

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EC5	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.107 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad6',
    500: '#3b9ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ec5;
$custom-light: #82bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65828,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EC5

secondary

#CDA08F

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EC5

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

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