#3C96BE#3C96BE

#3C96BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C96BE
RGB	rgb(60, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -13.84, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 31.72, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0653 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.103 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0604, 26.4886, 52.6554)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C96BE #BE643C

analogous

#3CBEA5 #3C96BE #3C55BE

triadic

#3C96BE #BE3C96 #96BE3C

tetradic

#3C96BE #A53CBE #BE643C #55BE3C

square

#3C96BE #A53CBE #BE643C #55BE3C

split-complementary

#3C96BE #BE3C55 #BEA53C

monochromatic

#1F4D61 #2D718F #3C96BE #68AFCF #96C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3C96BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#3C96BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C96BE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C96BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C96BE	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c96be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b4d1',
    500: '#3c96be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c96be;
$custom-light: #81b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c96be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C96BE

secondary

#CA9F8C

accent

#784CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C96BE

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

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