#3198B6#3198B6

#3198B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3198B6
RGB	rgb(49, 152, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -19.14, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 30.73, 231.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.076 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.101 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9349, 26.4844, 48.2556)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3198B6 #B64F31

analogous

#31B692 #3198B6 #3155B6

triadic

#3198B6 #B63198 #98B631

tetradic

#3198B6 #9231B6 #B64F31 #55B631

square

#3198B6 #9231B6 #B64F31 #55B631

split-complementary

#3198B6 #B63155 #B69231

monochromatic

#174756 #247086 #3198B6 #53B5D1 #84C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3198B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#3198B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3198B6

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3198B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3198B6	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)

#8694B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7487B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3198b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 152, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6cc',
    500: '#3198b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3198b6;
$custom-light: #7cb6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3198b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3198B6

secondary

#C78D7C

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3198B6

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

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