#3896BF#3896BF

#3896BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896BF
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -14.10, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 32.45, 244.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0671 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.106 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9374, 26.4126, 53.2221)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896BF #BF6138

analogous

#38BFA4 #3896BF #3852BF

triadic

#3896BF #BF3896 #96BF38

tetradic

#3896BF #A438BF #BF6138 #52BF38

square

#3896BF #A438BF #BF6138 #52BF38

split-complementary

#3896BF #BF3852 #BFA438

monochromatic

#1C4C60 #2A7190 #3896BF #63B0D1 #92C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3896BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#3896BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896BF

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896BF	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F87BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d2',
    500: '#3896bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896bf;
$custom-light: #7fb4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63555,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896BF

secondary

#CA9D89

accent

#774ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896BF

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

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