#3198BD#3198BD

#3198BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3198BD
RGB	rgb(49, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -16.81, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 32.29, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0733 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.107 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6764, 26.7810, 52.1611)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3198BD #BD5631

analogous

#31BD9C #3198BD #3152BD

triadic

#3198BD #BD3198 #98BD31

tetradic

#3198BD #9C31BD #BD5631 #52BD31

square

#3198BD #9C31BD #BD5631 #52BD31

split-complementary

#3198BD #BD3152 #BD9C31

monochromatic

#184A5C #24718C #3198BD #58B3D4 #88C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3198BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3198BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3198BD

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3198BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3198BD	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3198bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6d1',
    500: '#3198bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3198bd;
$custom-light: #7db6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3198bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63753,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3198BD

secondary

#CA9380

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3198BD

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

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