#3996BD#3996BD

#3996BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996BD
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -14.62, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 31.75, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0673 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.104 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7753, 26.3542, 52.0735)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996BD #BD6039

analogous

#39BDA2 #3996BD #3954BD

triadic

#3996BD #BD3996 #96BD39

tetradic

#3996BD #A239BD #BD6039 #54BD39

square

#3996BD #A239BD #BD6039 #54BD39

split-complementary

#3996BD #BD3954 #BDA239

monochromatic

#1D4B5F #2B718E #3996BD #63B0D0 #92C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3996BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3996BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996BD

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996BD	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5d1',
    500: '#3996bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996bd;
$custom-light: #80b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63492,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996BD

secondary

#C99C89

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996BD

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

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