#3896AE#3896AE

#3896AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.093 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896AE
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -19.67, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 28.50, 226.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0736 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.093 218)
XYZ	xyz(20.1741, 25.7072, 43.9350)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896AE #AE5038

analogous

#38AE8B #3896AE #385BAE

triadic

#3896AE #AE3896 #96AE38

tetradic

#3896AE #8B38AE #AE5038 #5BAE38

square

#3896AE #8B38AE #AE5038 #5BAE38

split-complementary

#3896AE #AE385B #AE8B38

monochromatic

#1A4651 #296E80 #3896AE #59B3CA #88C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#3896AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#3896AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896AE

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896AE	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8692AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.093 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5c6',
    500: '#3896ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896ae;
$custom-light: #7db5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62799,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.25709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896AE

secondary

#C38D7F

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896AE

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

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