#3396B3#3396B3

#3396B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3396B3
RGB	rgb(51, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -18.79, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 30.00, 231.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0742 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.099 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4049, 25.7688, 46.5376)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3396B3 #B35033

analogous

#33B390 #3396B3 #3356B3

triadic

#3396B3 #B33396 #96B333

tetradic

#3396B3 #9033B3 #B35033 #56B333

square

#3396B3 #9033B3 #B35033 #56B333

split-complementary

#3396B3 #B33356 #B39033

monochromatic

#184654 #256E83 #3396B3 #55B3CE #84C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3396B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#3396B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3396B3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3396B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3396B3	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3396b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c9',
    500: '#3396b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3396b3;
$custom-light: #7cb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3396b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.594,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62872,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3396B3

secondary

#C68D7C

accent

#6B49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3396B3

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

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