#3198B4#3198B4

#3198B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3198B4
RGB	rgb(49, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -19.79, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 30.37, 229.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0768 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.1 220)
XYZ	xyz(20.7296, 26.4023, 47.1748)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3198B4 #B44D31

analogous

#31B48E #3198B4 #3157B4

triadic

#3198B4 #B43198 #98B431

tetradic

#3198B4 #8E31B4 #B44D31 #57B431

square

#3198B4 #8E31B4 #B44D31 #57B431

split-complementary

#3198B4 #B43157 #B48E31

monochromatic

#174754 #246F84 #3198B4 #52B5D0 #82CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3198B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#3198B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3198B4

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3198B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3198B4	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3198b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6ca',
    500: '#3198b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3198b4;
$custom-light: #7cb6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3198b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.824,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.26405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3198B4

secondary

#C68B7B

accent

#6847E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3198B4

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

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