#3596BB#3596BB

#3596BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596BB
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -15.86, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 31.61, 239.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0702 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.104 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3406, 26.1550, 50.9278)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596BB #BB5A35

analogous

#35BB9D #3596BB #3553BB

triadic

#3596BB #BB3596 #96BB35

tetradic

#3596BB #9D35BB #BB5A35 #53BB35

square

#3596BB #9D35BB #BB5A35 #53BB35

split-complementary

#3596BB #BB3553 #BB9D35

monochromatic

#1A4A5C #27708B #3596BB #5CB1D1 #8CC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3596BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3596BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596BB

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596BB	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5cf',
    500: '#3596bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596bb;
$custom-light: #7eb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63285,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596BB

secondary

#C99683

accent

#7249DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596BB

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

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