#3596BD#3596BD

#3596BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596BD
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -15.19, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 32.16, 241.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0694 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.106 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5561, 26.2412, 52.0632)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596BD #BD5C35

analogous

#35BDA0 #3596BD #3552BD

triadic

#3596BD #BD3596 #96BD35

tetradic

#3596BD #A035BD #BD5C35 #52BD35

square

#3596BD #A035BD #BD5C35 #52BD35

split-complementary

#3596BD #BD3552 #BDA035

monochromatic

#1A4A5D #28708D #3596BD #5DB0D2 #8DC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596BD

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596BD	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d1',
    500: '#3596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3596bd;
$custom-light: #7eb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63377,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596BD

secondary

#CA9884

accent

#7448DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596BD

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

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