#3B96BD#3B96BD

#3B96BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B96BD
RGB	rgb(59, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -14.32, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 31.53, 242.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0662 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.103 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8916, 26.4142, 52.0790)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B96BD #BD623B

analogous

#3BBDA3 #3B96BD #3B55BD

triadic

#3B96BD #BD3B96 #96BD3B

tetradic

#3B96BD #A33BBD #BD623B #55BD3B

square

#3B96BD #A33BBD #BD623B #55BD3B

split-complementary

#3B96BD #BD3B55 #BDA33B

monochromatic

#1E4C60 #2C718E #3B96BD #66B0CF #95C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3B96BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#3B96BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B96BD

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B96BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B96BD	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	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: #3b96bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b4d1',
    500: '#3b96bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b96bd;
$custom-light: #80b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b96bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B96BD

secondary

#C99D8B

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B96BD

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

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