#3598BD#3598BD

#3598BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3598BD
RGB	rgb(53, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -16.28, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 31.89, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0714 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.105 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8780, 26.8850, 52.1705)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3598BD #BD5A35

analogous

#35BD9E #3598BD #3554BD

triadic

#3598BD #BD3598 #98BD35

tetradic

#3598BD #9E35BD #BD5A35 #54BD35

square

#3598BD #9E35BD #BD5A35 #54BD35

split-complementary

#3598BD #BD3554 #BD9E35

monochromatic

#1A4B5D #28728D #3598BD #5DB2D2 #8DC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3598BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#3598BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3598BD

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3598BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3598BD	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)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3598bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6d1',
    500: '#3598bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3598bd;
$custom-light: #7eb6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3598bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63858,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3598BD

secondary

#CA9784

accent

#7148DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3598BD

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

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