#3596BA#3596BA

#3596BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596BA
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -16.19, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 31.35, 238.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0705 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.103 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2339, 26.1123, 50.3659)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596BA #BA5935

analogous

#35BA9C #3596BA #3553BA

triadic

#3596BA #BA3596 #96BA35

tetradic

#3596BA #9C35BA #BA5935 #53BA35

square

#3596BA #9C35BA #BA5935 #53BA35

split-complementary

#3596BA #BA3553 #BA9C35

monochromatic

#1A495B #27708A #3596BA #5CB1D0 #8BC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3596BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3596BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596BA

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596BA	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 226.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63239,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596BA

secondary

#C89582

accent

#7149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596BA

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

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