#3B96DD#3B96DD

#3B96DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.136 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B96DD
RGB	rgb(59, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -3.39, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 43.94, 265.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0558 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.136 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7561, 27.9600, 72.4320)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B96DD #DD823B

analogous

#3BDDD3 #3B96DD #3B45DD

triadic

#3B96DD #DD3B96 #96DD3B

tetradic

#3B96DD #D33BDD #DD823B #45DD3B

square

#3B96DD #D33BDD #DD823B #45DD3B

split-complementary

#3B96DD #DD3B45 #DDD33B

monochromatic

#175686 #2077BA #3B96DD #6FB2E6 #A3CEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#3B96DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#3B96DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B96DD

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B96DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B96DD	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F89DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b96dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.136 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4e8',
    500: '#3b96dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b96dd;
$custom-light: #85b4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b96dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.296,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65151,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B96DD

secondary

#DCB698

accent

#893BED

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B96DD

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

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