#3996AE#3996AE

#3996AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.093 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996AE
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -19.51, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 28.36, 226.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0731 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.093 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2305, 25.7363, 43.9376)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996AE #AE5139

analogous

#39AE8C #3996AE #395BAE

triadic

#3996AE #AE3996 #96AE39

tetradic

#3996AE #8C39AE #AE5139 #5BAE39

square

#3996AE #8C39AE #AE5139 #5BAE39

split-complementary

#3996AE #AE395B #AE8C39

monochromatic

#1B4752 #2A6E80 #3996AE #5BB3C9 #89C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#3996AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#3996AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996AE

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996AE	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7686AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.093 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5c6',
    500: '#3996ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996ae;
$custom-light: #7eb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.09288,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996AE

secondary

#C38E80

accent

#6A4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996AE

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

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