#3198C9#3198C9

#3198C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3198C9
RGB	rgb(49, 152, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -12.72, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 35.89, 249.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.069 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.117 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0332, 27.3237, 59.3071)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3198C9 #C96231

analogous

#31C9AE #3198C9 #314CC9

triadic

#3198C9 #C93198 #98C931

tetradic

#3198C9 #AE31C9 #C96231 #4CC931

square

#3198C9 #AE31C9 #C96231 #4CC931

split-complementary

#3198C9 #C9314C #C9AE31

monochromatic

#194E67 #257398 #3198C9 #5FB1D8 #90C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3198C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3198C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3198C9

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3198C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3198C9	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3198c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 152, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6d9',
    500: '#3198c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3198c9;
$custom-light: #7fb6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3198c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.342,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64319,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3198C9

secondary

#CF9E87

accent

#7744E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3198C9

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

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