#3196BC#3196BC

#3196BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3196BC
RGB	rgb(49, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -16.06, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 32.29, 240.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0717 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.106 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2464, 26.0940, 51.4841)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3196BC #BC5731

analogous

#31BC9D #3196BC #3151BC

triadic

#3196BC #BC3196 #96BC31

tetradic

#3196BC #9D31BC #BC5731 #51BC31

square

#3196BC #9D31BC #BC5731 #51BC31

split-complementary

#3196BC #BC3151 #BC9D31

monochromatic

#18495B #246F8B #3196BC #57B1D3 #88C8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3196BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3196BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3196BC

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3196BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3196BC	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3196bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5d0',
    500: '#3196bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3196bc;
$custom-light: #7db5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3196bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63224,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3196BC

secondary

#CA947F

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3196BC

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

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