#3198BE#3198BE

#3198BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3198BE
RGB	rgb(49, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -16.47, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 32.55, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.073 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.107 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7853, 26.8246, 52.7347)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3198BE #BE5731

analogous

#31BE9E #3198BE #3152BE

triadic

#3198BE #BE3198 #98BE31

tetradic

#3198BE #9E31BE #BE5731 #52BE31

square

#3198BE #9E31BE #BE5731 #52BE31

split-complementary

#3198BE #BE3152 #BE9E31

monochromatic

#184A5D #24718D #3198BE #58B3D4 #89C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3198BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3198BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3198BE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3198BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3198BE	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3198be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 227.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3198be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63799,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3198BE

secondary

#CA9480

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3198BE

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

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