#3198B9#3198B9

#3198B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3198B9
RGB	rgb(49, 152, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -18.14, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 31.35, 234.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0748 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.104 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2482, 26.6097, 49.9059)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3198B9 #B95231

analogous

#31B996 #3198B9 #3154B9

triadic

#3198B9 #B93198 #98B931

tetradic

#3198B9 #9631B9 #B95231 #54B931

square

#3198B9 #9631B9 #B95231 #54B931

split-complementary

#3198B9 #B93154 #B99631

monochromatic

#174858 #247089 #3198B9 #55B4D2 #86C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3198B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#3198B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3198B9

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3198B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3198B9	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3198b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 152, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6ce',
    500: '#3198b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3198b9;
$custom-light: #7cb6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3198b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.559,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63572,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3198B9

secondary

#C8907D

accent

#6C46E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3198B9

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

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