#3696C9#3696C9

#3696C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.116 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696C9
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -10.99, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 36.00, 252.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0647 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.116 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9661, 26.8114, 59.2117)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3696C9 #C96936

analogous

#36C9B2 #3696C9 #364DC9

triadic

#3696C9 #C93696 #96C936

tetradic

#3696C9 #B236C9 #C96936 #4DC936

square

#3696C9 #B236C9 #C96936 #4DC936

split-complementary

#3696C9 #C9364D #C9B236

monochromatic

#1C4E69 #297299 #3696C9 #66AFD6 #96C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3696C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3696C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696C9

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696C9	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.116 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b4d9',
    500: '#3696c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696c9;
$custom-light: #80b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63977,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696C9

secondary

#CEA38C

accent

#7C47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696C9

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

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