#3996BB#3996BB

#3996BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996BB
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -15.28, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 31.18, 240.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0681 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.102 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5597, 26.2680, 50.9381)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996BB #BB5E39

analogous

#39BB9F #3996BB #3955BB

triadic

#3996BB #BB3996 #96BB39

tetradic

#3996BB #9F39BB #BB5E39 #55BB39

square

#3996BB #9F39BB #BB5E39 #55BB39

split-complementary

#3996BB #BB3955 #BB9F39

monochromatic

#1C4B5D #2B708C #3996BB #62B0CF #91C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3996BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3996BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996BB

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996BB	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)

#8393BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5cf',
    500: '#3996bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996bb;
$custom-light: #7fb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996BB

secondary

#C89A87

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996BB

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

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