#3896BE#3896BE

#3896BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896BE
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -14.43, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 32.15, 243.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0675 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.105 230)
XYZ	xyz(21.8278, 26.3687, 52.6445)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3896BE #BE6038

analogous

#38BEA3 #3896BE #3853BE

triadic

#3896BE #BE3896 #96BE38

tetradic

#3896BE #A338BE #BE6038 #53BE38

square

#3896BE #A338BE #BE6038 #53BE38

split-complementary

#3896BE #BE3853 #BEA338

monochromatic

#1C4B5F #2A718F #3896BE #62B0D1 #92C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3896BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3896BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896BE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896BE	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)

#8294C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F87BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d1',
    500: '#3896be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896be;
$custom-light: #7fb4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63508,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.26371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896BE

secondary

#CA9C88

accent

#764ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896BE

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

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