#3696BC#3696BC

#3696BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.104 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696BC
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -15.39, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 31.78, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0693 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.104 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5011, 26.2254, 51.4960)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3696BC #BC5C36

analogous

#36BC9F #3696BC #3653BC

triadic

#3696BC #BC3696 #96BC36

tetradic

#3696BC #9F36BC #BC5C36 #53BC36

square

#3696BC #9F36BC #BC5C36 #53BC36

split-complementary

#3696BC #BC3653 #BC9F36

monochromatic

#1B4A5D #28708C #3696BC #5EB0D1 #8EC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3696BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3696BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696BC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696BC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.104 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d0',
    500: '#3696bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696bc;
$custom-light: #7eb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63358,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696BC

secondary

#C99885

accent

#7449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696BC

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

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