#3696CD#3696CD

#3696CD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3696CD
RGB	rgb(54, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -9.61, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 37.51, 255.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0633 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.12 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4428, 27.0020, 61.7222)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3696CD #CD6D36

analogous

#36CDB8 #3696CD #364ACD

triadic

#3696CD #CD3696 #96CD36

tetradic

#3696CD #B836CD #CD6D36 #4ACD36

square

#3696CD #B836CD #CD6D36 #4ACD36

split-complementary

#3696CD #CD364A #CDB836

monochromatic

#1B4F6D #27739E #3696CD #67B0D9 #98C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3696CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3696CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3696CD

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3696CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3696CD	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6788CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3696cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b4dc',
    500: '#3696cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3696cd;
$custom-light: #81b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3696cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.854,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3696CD

secondary

#D1A68E

accent

#7E44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3696CD

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

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