#3896BB#3896BB

#3896BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896BB
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -15.43, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 31.29, 240.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0686 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.103 228)
XYZ	xyz(21.5033, 26.2389, 50.9354)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896BB #BB5D38

analogous

#38BB9F #3896BB #3854BB

triadic

#3896BB #BB3896 #96BB38

tetradic

#3896BB #9F38BB #BB5D38 #54BB38

square

#3896BB #9F38BB #BB5D38 #54BB38

split-complementary

#3896BB #BB3854 #BB9F38

monochromatic

#1C4A5D #2A708C #3896BB #61B0D0 #90C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3896BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3896BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896BB

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896BB	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5cf',
    500: '#3896bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896bb;
$custom-light: #7fb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6337,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.26241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896BB

secondary

#C89986

accent

#744BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896BB

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

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