#3596BC#3596BC

#3596BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596BC
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -15.53, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 31.88, 240.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0698 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.105 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4480, 26.1980, 51.4935)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596BC #BC5B35

analogous

#35BC9F #3596BC #3552BC

triadic

#3596BC #BC3596 #96BC35

tetradic

#3596BC #9F35BC #BC5B35 #52BC35

square

#3596BC #9F35BC #BC5B35 #52BC35

split-complementary

#3596BC #BC3552 #BC9F35

monochromatic

#1A4A5D #28708C #3596BC #5DB1D1 #8DC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3596BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3596BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596BC

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596BC	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d0',
    500: '#3596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596bc;
$custom-light: #7eb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6333,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596BC

secondary

#C99784

accent

#7348DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596BC

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

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