#3996CC#3996CC

#3996CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3996CC
RGB	rgb(57, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -9.55, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 36.89, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0621 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.118 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4885, 27.0395, 61.0963)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3996CC #CC6F39

analogous

#39CCB8 #3996CC #394CCC

triadic

#3996CC #CC3996 #96CC39

tetradic

#3996CC #B839CC #CC6F39 #4CCC39

square

#3996CC #B839CC #CC6F39 #4CCC39

split-complementary

#3996CC #CC394C #CCB839

monochromatic

#1C506E #29749F #3996CC #6AB0D9 #9ACAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3996CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3996CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3996CC

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3996CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3996CC	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6988CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3996cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b4db',
    500: '#3996cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3996cc;
$custom-light: #82b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3996cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64211,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3996CC

secondary

#D1A890

accent

#7F46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3996CC

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

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