#3996BA#3996BA

#3996BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996BA
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -15.62, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 30.90, 239.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0684 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.101 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4530, 26.2253, 50.3762)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996BA #BA5D39

analogous

#39BA9D #3996BA #3956BA

triadic

#3996BA #BA3996 #96BA39

tetradic

#3996BA #9D39BA #BA5D39 #56BA39

square

#3996BA #9D39BA #BA5D39 #56BA39

split-complementary

#3996BA #BA3956 #BA9D39

monochromatic

#1C4A5C #2B708B #3996BA #61B0CF #90C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3996BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3996BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996BA

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996BA	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5ce',
    500: '#3996ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996ba;
$custom-light: #7fb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63355,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996BA

secondary

#C89987

accent

#744BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996BA

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

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