#3B9EC6#3B9EC6

#3B9EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.108 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EC6
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -15.70, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 32.88, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.071 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.108 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2194, 29.4580, 57.8247)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EC6 #C6633B

analogous

#3BC6A8 #3B9EC6 #3B58C6

triadic

#3B9EC6 #C63B9E #9EC63B

tetradic

#3B9EC6 #A83BC6 #C6633B #58C63B

square

#3B9EC6 #A83BC6 #C6633B #58C63B

split-complementary

#3B9EC6 #C63B58 #C6A83B

monochromatic

#1E5368 #2C7998 #3B9EC6 #6AB5D4 #9ACDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3B9EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#3B9EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EC6

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EC6	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.108 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bad7',
    500: '#3b9ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ec6;
$custom-light: #82bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65873,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EC6

secondary

#CDA18F

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EC6

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

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