#3896BD#3896BD

#3896BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896BD
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -14.77, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 31.85, 242.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0679 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.104 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7189, 26.3251, 52.0709)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896BD #BD5F38

analogous

#38BDA1 #3896BD #3853BD

triadic

#3896BD #BD3896 #96BD38

tetradic

#3896BD #A138BD #BD5F38 #53BD38

square

#3896BD #A138BD #BD5F38 #53BD38

split-complementary

#3896BD #BD3853 #BDA138

monochromatic

#1C4B5F #2A718E #3896BD #62B0D0 #91C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3896BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3896BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896BD

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896BD	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d1',
    500: '#3896bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896bd;
$custom-light: #7fb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63462,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896BD

secondary

#C99B87

accent

#754ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896BD

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

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