#3B96BC#3B96BC

#3B96BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B96BC
RGB	rgb(59, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -14.65, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 31.23, 242.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0666 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.102 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7835, 26.3709, 51.5093)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B96BC #BC613B

analogous

#3BBCA1 #3B96BC #3B56BC

triadic

#3B96BC #BC3B96 #96BC3B

tetradic

#3B96BC #A13BBC #BC613B #56BC3B

square

#3B96BC #A13BBC #BC613B #56BC3B

split-complementary

#3B96BC #BC3B56 #BCA13B

monochromatic

#1E4C5F #2C718D #3B96BC #65B0CF #94C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3B96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3B96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B96BC

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B96BC	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)

#8294BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5d0',
    500: '#3b96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b96bc;
$custom-light: #80b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B96BC

secondary

#C99D8A

accent

#764CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B96BC

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

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