#3896BA#3896BA

#3896BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896BA
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -15.76, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 31.02, 239.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.069 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.102 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3966, 26.1962, 50.3736)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896BA #BA5C38

analogous

#38BA9D #3896BA #3855BA

triadic

#3896BA #BA3896 #96BA38

tetradic

#3896BA #9D38BA #BA5C38 #55BA38

square

#3896BA #9D38BA #BA5C38 #55BA38

split-complementary

#3896BA #BA3855 #BA9D38

monochromatic

#1C4A5C #2A708B #3896BA #60B0CF #8FC8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3896BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3896BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896BA

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896BA	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5ce',
    500: '#3896ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896ba;
$custom-light: #7fb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63325,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896BA

secondary

#C89886

accent

#734BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896BA

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

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