#3597BA#3597BA

#3597BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3597BA
RGB	rgb(53, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -16.74, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 31.24, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0715 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.103 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3941, 26.4328, 50.4194)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3597BA #BA5835

analogous

#35BA9B #3597BA #3555BA

triadic

#3597BA #BA3597 #97BA35

tetradic

#3597BA #9B35BA #BA5835 #55BA35

square

#3597BA #9B35BA #BA5835 #55BA35

split-complementary

#3597BA #BA3555 #BA9B35

monochromatic

#1A4A5B #27708A #3597BA #5CB2D0 #8BC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3597BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3597BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3597BA

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3597BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3597BA	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3597ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5ce',
    500: '#3597ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3597ba;
$custom-light: #7eb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3597ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63481,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3597BA

secondary

#C89582

accent

#7049DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3597BA

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

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