#3196BE#3196BE

#3196BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3196BE
RGB	rgb(49, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -15.38, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 32.84, 242.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.071 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.108 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4635, 26.1808, 52.6274)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3196BE #BE5931

analogous

#31BEA0 #3196BE #3150BE

triadic

#3196BE #BE3196 #96BE31

tetradic

#3196BE #A031BE #BE5931 #50BE31

square

#3196BE #A031BE #BE5931 #50BE31

split-complementary

#3196BE #BE3150 #BEA031

monochromatic

#18495D #24708D #3196BE #58B1D4 #89C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3196BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3196BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3196BE

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3196BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3196BE	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3196be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5d1',
    500: '#3196be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3196be;
$custom-light: #7db5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3196be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63317,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3196BE

secondary

#CA9580

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3196BE

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

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