#3596B4#3596B4

#3596B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596B4
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -18.18, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 29.95, 232.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0728 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.099 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6094, 25.8625, 47.0770)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596B4 #B45335

analogous

#35B492 #3596B4 #3557B4

triadic

#3596B4 #B43596 #96B435

tetradic

#3596B4 #9235B4 #B45335 #57B435

square

#3596B4 #9235B4 #B45335 #57B435

split-complementary

#3596B4 #B43557 #B49235

monochromatic

#194755 #276F85 #3596B4 #58B2CE #88C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3596B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3596B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596B4

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596B4	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7386B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5ca',
    500: '#3596b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596b4;
$custom-light: #7db5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596B4

secondary

#C6907F

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596B4

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

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