#3596B9#3596B9

#3596B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.102 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596B9
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -16.53, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 31.09, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0709 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.102 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1279, 26.0699, 49.8080)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596B9 #B95835

analogous

#35B99A #3596B9 #3554B9

triadic

#3596B9 #B93596 #96B935

tetradic

#3596B9 #9A35B9 #B95835 #54B935

square

#3596B9 #9A35B9 #B95835 #54B935

split-complementary

#3596B9 #B93554 #B99A35

monochromatic

#1A495A #276F89 #3596B9 #5BB1D0 #8BC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3596B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#3596B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596B9

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596B9	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.102 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5ce',
    500: '#3596b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596b9;
$custom-light: #7eb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63194,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596B9

secondary

#C89482

accent

#7149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596B9

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

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