#3696B2#3696B2

#3696B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696B2
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -18.68, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 29.44, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0731 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.097 221)
XYZ	xyz(20.4602, 25.8090, 46.0142)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3696B2 #B25236

analogous

#36B290 #3696B2 #3658B2

triadic

#3696B2 #B23696 #96B236

tetradic

#3696B2 #9036B2 #B25236 #58B236

square

#3696B2 #9036B2 #B25236 #58B236

split-complementary

#3696B2 #B23658 #B29036

monochromatic

#1A4754 #286E83 #3696B2 #59B2CD #88C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3696B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3696B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696B2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696B2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5c9',
    500: '#3696b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696b2;
$custom-light: #7db5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.25811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696B2

secondary

#C58F7F

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696B2

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

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