#3696BA#3696BA

#3696BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696BA
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -16.05, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 31.24, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.07 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.103 227)
XYZ	xyz(21.2870, 26.1397, 50.3684)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3696BA #BA5A36

analogous

#36BA9C #3696BA #3654BA

triadic

#3696BA #BA3696 #96BA36

tetradic

#3696BA #9C36BA #BA5A36 #54BA36

square

#3696BA #9C36BA #BA5A36 #54BA36

split-complementary

#3696BA #BA3654 #BA9C36

monochromatic

#1A4A5B #28708B #3696BA #5DB1D0 #8DC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3696BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3696BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696BA

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696BA	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5ce',
    500: '#3696ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696ba;
$custom-light: #7eb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63267,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.26142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696BA

secondary

#C89684

accent

#7249DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696BA

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

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