#3C96AE#3C96AE

#3C96AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.091 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C96AE
RGB	rgb(60, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -19.02, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 27.92, 227.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0714 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.091 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4067, 25.8272, 43.9459)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C96AE #AE543C

analogous

#3CAE8D #3C96AE #3C5DAE

triadic

#3C96AE #AE3C96 #96AE3C

tetradic

#3C96AE #8D3CAE #AE543C #5DAE3C

square

#3C96AE #8D3CAE #AE543C #5DAE3C

split-complementary

#3C96AE #AE3C5D #AE8D3C

monochromatic

#1D4853 #2C6F80 #3C96AE #5FB2C8 #8DC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3C96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3C96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C96AE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C96AE	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7686AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.091 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c6',
    500: '#3c96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c96ae;
$custom-light: #7fb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C96AE

secondary

#C29183

accent

#6C50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C96AE

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

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