#3196B6#3196B6

#3196B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3196B6
RGB	rgb(49, 150, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -18.07, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 30.83, 234.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.074 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.102 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6130, 25.8407, 48.1483)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3196B6 #B65131

analogous

#31B693 #3196B6 #3153B6

triadic

#3196B6 #B63196 #96B631

tetradic

#3196B6 #9331B6 #B65131 #53B631

square

#3196B6 #9331B6 #B65131 #53B631

split-complementary

#3196B6 #B63153 #B69331

monochromatic

#174756 #246E86 #3196B6 #53B3D1 #84C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3196B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3196B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3196B6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3196B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3196B6	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8493B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3196b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 150, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5cc',
    500: '#3196b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3196b6;
$custom-light: #7cb5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3196b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3196B6

secondary

#C78E7C

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3196B6

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

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