#3696BD#3696BD

#3696BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696BD
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -15.05, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 32.06, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0689 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.105 229)
XYZ	xyz(21.6093, 26.2686, 52.0657)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3696BD #BD5D36

analogous

#36BDA0 #3696BD #3653BD

triadic

#3696BD #BD3696 #96BD36

tetradic

#3696BD #A036BD #BD5D36 #53BD36

square

#3696BD #A036BD #BD5D36 #53BD36

split-complementary

#3696BD #BD3653 #BDA036

monochromatic

#1B4A5E #28708D #3696BD #5FB0D1 #8FC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3696BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3696BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696BD

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696BD	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)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d1',
    500: '#3696bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696bd;
$custom-light: #7eb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63405,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.26271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696BD

secondary

#C99985

accent

#7449DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696BD

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

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