#3596B2#3596B2

#3596B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596B2
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -18.83, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 29.56, 230.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0736 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.097 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4071, 25.7816, 46.0117)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596B2 #B25135

analogous

#35B28F #3596B2 #3557B2

triadic

#3596B2 #B23596 #96B235

tetradic

#3596B2 #8F35B2 #B25135 #57B235

square

#3596B2 #8F35B2 #B25135 #57B235

split-complementary

#3596B2 #B23557 #B28F35

monochromatic

#194754 #276E83 #3596B2 #57B3CD #86C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3596B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3596B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596B2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596B2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5c9',
    500: '#3596b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596b2;
$custom-light: #7db5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.44,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596B2

secondary

#C58E7E

accent

#6B4ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596B2

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

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