#3C96BA#3C96BA

#3C96BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C96BA
RGB	rgb(60, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -15.15, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 30.55, 240.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0668 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.1 228)
XYZ	xyz(21.6292, 26.3162, 50.3845)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3C96BA #BA603C

analogous

#3CBA9F #3C96BA #3C57BA

triadic

#3C96BA #BA3C96 #96BA3C

tetradic

#3C96BA #9F3CBA #BA603C #57BA3C

square

#3C96BA #9F3CBA #BA603C #57BA3C

split-complementary

#3C96BA #BA3C57 #BA9F3C

monochromatic

#1E4B5D #2D718C #3C96BA #66B0CE #94C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3C96BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3C96BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C96BA

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C96BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C96BA	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c96ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5ce',
    500: '#3c96ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c96ba;
$custom-light: #80b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c96ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.26319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C96BA

secondary

#C89C8A

accent

#764DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C96BA

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

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