#3B96DE#3B96DE

#3B96DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.137 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B96DE
RGB	rgb(59, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(207, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -3.04, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 44.39, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0555 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.137 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8897, 28.0135, 73.1357)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B96DE #DE833B

analogous

#3BDED4 #3B96DE #3B45DE

triadic

#3B96DE #DE3B96 #96DE3B

tetradic

#3B96DE #D43BDE #DE833B #45DE3B

square

#3B96DE #D43BDE #DE833B #45DE3B

split-complementary

#3B96DE #DE3B45 #DED43B

monochromatic

#175688 #2077BC #3B96DE #6FB2E7 #A4CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3B96DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#3B96DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B96DE

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B96DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B96DE	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7599E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E89DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b96de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.137 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4e8',
    500: '#3b96de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b96de;
$custom-light: #85b4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b96de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.503,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65205,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B96DE

secondary

#DDB698

accent

#893AEE

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B96DE

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

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