#3596AC#3596AC

#3596AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.094 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596AC
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -20.77, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 28.64, 223.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.076 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.094 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8178, 25.5459, 42.9081)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596AC #AC4B35

analogous

#35AC87 #3596AC #355BAC

triadic

#3596AC #AC3596 #96AC35

tetradic

#3596AC #8735AC #AC4B35 #5BAC35

square

#3596AC #8735AC #AC4B35 #5BAC35

split-complementary

#3596AC #AC355B #AC8735

monochromatic

#18444E #276D7D #3596AC #54B4CA #83C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3596AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#3596AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596AC

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596AC	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.094 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c4',
    500: '#3596ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596ac;
$custom-light: #7cb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62627,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596AC

secondary

#C2887B

accent

#664CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596AC

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

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