#3597C4#3597C4

#3597C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.111 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3597C4
RGB	rgb(53, 151, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -13.38, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 34.12, 246.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0679 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.111 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4946, 26.8730, 56.2153)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3597C4 #C46235

analogous

#35C4AA #3597C4 #3550C4

triadic

#3597C4 #C43597 #97C435

tetradic

#3597C4 #AA35C4 #C46235 #50C435

square

#3597C4 #AA35C4 #C46235 #50C435

split-complementary

#3597C4 #C43550 #C4AA35

monochromatic

#1B4D64 #287294 #3597C4 #62B0D4 #92C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3597C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#3597C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3597C4

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3597C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3597C4	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3597c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d6',
    500: '#3597c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3597c4;
$custom-light: #7fb5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3597c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3597C4

secondary

#CC9E88

accent

#7747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3597C4

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

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