#3696BE#3696BE

#3696BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696BE
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -14.72, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 32.35, 242.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0685 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.106 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7182, 26.3122, 52.6394)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3696BE #BE5E36

analogous

#36BEA2 #3696BE #3652BE

triadic

#3696BE #BE3696 #96BE36

tetradic

#3696BE #A236BE #BE5E36 #52BE36

square

#3696BE #A236BE #BE5E36 #52BE36

split-complementary

#3696BE #BE3652 #BEA236

monochromatic

#1B4B5F #28708E #3696BE #60B0D2 #8FC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3696BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3696BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696BE

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696BE	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d1',
    500: '#3696be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696be;
$custom-light: #7fb4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63451,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696BE

secondary

#CA9A86

accent

#7549DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696BE

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

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