#3896CD#3896CD

#3896CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3896CD
RGB	rgb(56, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -9.35, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 37.36, 255.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0623 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.12 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5524, 27.0585, 61.7273)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3896CD #CD6F38

analogous

#38CDB9 #3896CD #384BCD

triadic

#3896CD #CD3896 #96CD38

tetradic

#3896CD #B938CD #CD6F38 #4BCD38

square

#3896CD #B938CD #CD6F38 #4BCD38

split-complementary

#3896CD #CD384B #CDB938

monochromatic

#1C506F #2874A0 #3896CD #69B0D9 #9ACAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3896CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3896CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3896CD

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3896CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3896CD	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6888CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3896cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b4dc',
    500: '#3896cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3896cd;
$custom-light: #82b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3896cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.148,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64232,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3896CD

secondary

#D1A88F

accent

#7F45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3896CD

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

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