#3896BC#3896BC

#3896BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896BC
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -15.10, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 31.57, 241.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0682 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.103 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6107, 26.2819, 51.5012)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896BC #BC5E38

analogous

#38BCA0 #3896BC #3854BC

triadic

#3896BC #BC3896 #96BC38

tetradic

#3896BC #A038BC #BC5E38 #54BC38

square

#3896BC #A038BC #BC5E38 #54BC38

split-complementary

#3896BC #BC3854 #BCA038

monochromatic

#1C4B5E #2A708D #3896BC #61B0D0 #90C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3896BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3896BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896BC

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896BC	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d0',
    500: '#3896bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896bc;
$custom-light: #7fb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63416,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896BC

secondary

#C99A87

accent

#754ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896BC

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

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