#3896B2#3896B2

#3896B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.096 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896B2
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -18.38, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 29.18, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.072 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.096 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5698, 25.8655, 46.0193)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896B2 #B25438

analogous

#38B291 #3896B2 #3859B2

triadic

#3896B2 #B23896 #96B238

tetradic

#3896B2 #9138B2 #B25438 #59B238

square

#3896B2 #9138B2 #B25438 #59B238

split-complementary

#3896B2 #B23859 #B29138

monochromatic

#1B4855 #296F83 #3896B2 #5CB2CC #8AC8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3896B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3896B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896B2

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896B2	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.096 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5c9',
    500: '#3896b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896b2;
$custom-light: #7eb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.77,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896B2

secondary

#C59181

accent

#6D4CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896B2

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

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