#3698BC#3698BC

#3698BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.104 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3698BC
RGB	rgb(54, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -16.47, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 31.52, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0713 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.104 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8230, 26.8691, 51.6033)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3698BC #BC5A36

analogous

#36BC9D #3698BC #3655BC

triadic

#3698BC #BC3698 #98BC36

tetradic

#3698BC #9D36BC #BC5A36 #55BC36

square

#3698BC #9D36BC #BC5A36 #55BC36

split-complementary

#3698BC #BC3655 #BC9D36

monochromatic

#1B4B5D #28728C #3698BC #5EB2D1 #8EC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3698BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3698BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3698BC

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3698BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3698BC	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3698bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.104 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6d0',
    500: '#3698bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3698bc;
$custom-light: #7eb6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3698bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3698BC

secondary

#C99785

accent

#7149DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3698BC

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

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