#3196BB#3196BB

#3196BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3196BB
RGB	rgb(49, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -16.40, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 32.02, 239.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0721 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.106 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1389, 26.0510, 50.9183)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3196BB #BB5631

analogous

#31BB9B #3196BB #3151BB

triadic

#3196BB #BB3196 #96BB31

tetradic

#3196BB #9B31BB #BB5631 #51BB31

square

#3196BB #9B31BB #BB5631 #51BB31

split-complementary

#3196BB #BB3151 #BB9B31

monochromatic

#18485A #246F8B #3196BB #56B1D3 #87C8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3196BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#3196BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3196BB

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3196BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3196BB	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3196bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5cf',
    500: '#3196bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3196bb;
$custom-light: #7cb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3196bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63178,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3196BB

secondary

#C9937F

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3196BB

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

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