#3996BC#3996BC

#3996BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996BC
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -14.95, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 31.46, 241.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0677 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.103 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6671, 26.3110, 51.5038)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996BC #BC5F39

analogous

#39BCA0 #3996BC #3954BC

triadic

#3996BC #BC3996 #96BC39

tetradic

#3996BC #A039BC #BC5F39 #54BC39

square

#3996BC #A039BC #BC5F39 #54BC39

split-complementary

#3996BC #BC3954 #BCA039

monochromatic

#1D4B5E #2B718D #3996BC #63B0D0 #92C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3996BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3996BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996BC

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996BC	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d0',
    500: '#3996bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996bc;
$custom-light: #7fb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996BC

secondary

#C99B88

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996BC

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

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