#3C96BB#3C96BB

#3C96BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C96BB
RGB	rgb(60, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -14.82, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 30.83, 241.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0664 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.101 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7359, 26.3588, 50.9463)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C96BB #BB613C

analogous

#3CBBA0 #3C96BB #3C57BB

triadic

#3C96BB #BB3C96 #96BB3C

tetradic

#3C96BB #A03CBB #BB613C #57BB3C

square

#3C96BB #A03CBB #BB613C #57BB3C

split-complementary

#3C96BB #BB3C57 #BBA03C

monochromatic

#1E4C5E #2D718D #3C96BB #66B0CE #95C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3C96BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3C96BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C96BB

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C96BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C96BB	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c96bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5cf',
    500: '#3c96bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c96bb;
$custom-light: #80b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c96bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63493,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C96BB

secondary

#C89D8B

accent

#764DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C96BB

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

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