#3596BE#3596BE

#3596BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3596BE
RGB	rgb(53, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -14.86, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 32.45, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.069 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.106 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6651, 26.2848, 52.6369)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3596BE #BE5D35

analogous

#35BEA1 #3596BE #3552BE

triadic

#3596BE #BE3596 #96BE35

tetradic

#3596BE #A135BE #BE5D35 #52BE35

square

#3596BE #A135BE #BE5D35 #52BE35

split-complementary

#3596BE #BE3552 #BEA135

monochromatic

#1A4A5E #28708E #3596BE #5EB0D2 #8EC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3596BE

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3596BE	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 229.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63423,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3596BE

secondary

#CA9985

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3596BE

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

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