#3B9FD6#3B9FD6

#3B9FD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.122 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9FD6
RGB	rgb(59, 159, 214)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -10.89, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 37.91, 253.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0665 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.122 237)
XYZ	xyz(26.3346, 30.5781, 68.1195)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9FD6 #D6723B

analogous

#3BD6BF #3B9FD6 #3B51D6

triadic

#3B9FD6 #D63B9F #9FD63B

tetradic

#3B9FD6 #BF3BD6 #D6723B #51D63B

square

#3B9FD6 #BF3BD6 #D6723B #51D63B

split-complementary

#3B9FD6 #D63B51 #D6BF3B

monochromatic

#1A5A7D #257EAF #3B9FD6 #6EB8E1 #A0D1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#3B9FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#3B9FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9FD6

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9FD6	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 159, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.122 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbe3',
    500: '#3b9fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9fd6;
$custom-light: #84bbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66864,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.30581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9FD6

secondary

#D8AD95

accent

#7B3FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9FD6

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

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