#3B9FBE#3B9FBE

#3B9FBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9FBE
RGB	rgb(59, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -18.84, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 30.85, 232.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0751 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.101 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4922, 29.4412, 53.1498)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9FBE #BE5A3B

analogous

#3BBE9C #3B9FBE #3B5EBE

triadic

#3B9FBE #BE3B9F #9FBE3B

tetradic

#3B9FBE #9C3BBE #BE5A3B #5EBE3B

square

#3B9FBE #9C3BBE #BE5A3B #5EBE3B

split-complementary

#3B9FBE #BE3B5E #BE9C3B

monochromatic

#1E5161 #2C788F #3B9FBE #67B7D0 #95CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#3B9FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#3B9FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9FBE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9FBE	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)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbd1',
    500: '#3b9fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9fbe;
$custom-light: #81bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65758,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9FBE

secondary

#CA9A8B

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9FBE

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

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