#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
RGBrgb(53, 150, 185)
HSLhsl(196, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(196, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.10, -16.53, -26.34)
CIE-LCHlch(58.10, 31.09, 237.89°)
OKLaboklab(63.19% -0.0709 -0.0738)
OKLCHoklch(63.19% 0.102 226.1)
XYZxyz(21.1279, 26.0699, 49.8080)
Luminance0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##3596B91.003.386.216.21
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2121.001.001.00
##0000006.2121.001.001.00

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

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#3596B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva