#3299BD#3299BD

#3299BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3299BD
RGB	rgb(50, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -17.22, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 32.08, 237.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0739 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.106 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8882, 27.1321, 52.2177)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3299BD #BD5632

analogous

#32BD9C #3299BD #3253BD

triadic

#3299BD #BD3299 #99BD32

tetradic

#3299BD #9C32BD #BD5632 #53BD32

square

#3299BD #9C32BD #BD5632 #53BD32

split-complementary

#3299BD #BD3253 #BD9C32

monochromatic

#184B5C #25728D #3299BD #59B4D3 #89CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3299BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#3299BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3299BD

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3299BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3299BD	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3299bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7d1',
    500: '#3299bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3299bd;
$custom-light: #7db7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3299bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6402,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3299BD

secondary

#CA9481

accent

#6F46E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3299BD

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

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