#3996C8#3996C8

#3996C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996C8
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -10.92, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 35.39, 252.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0635 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.114 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0149, 26.8501, 58.6020)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996C8 #C86B39

analogous

#39C8B2 #3996C8 #394EC8

triadic

#3996C8 #C83996 #96C839

tetradic

#3996C8 #B239C8 #C86B39 #4EC839

square

#3996C8 #B239C8 #C86B39 #4EC839

split-complementary

#3996C8 #C8394E #C8B239

monochromatic

#1D4F69 #2B7399 #3996C8 #69AFD5 #99C9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3996C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3996C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996C8

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996C8	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B87C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b4d9',
    500: '#3996c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996c8;
$custom-light: #81b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.979,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996C8

secondary

#CEA58F

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996C8

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

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