#3398BD#3398BD

#3398BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3398BD
RGB	rgb(51, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -16.55, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 32.09, 238.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0724 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.106 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7750, 26.8319, 52.1657)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3398BD #BD5833

analogous

#33BD9D #3398BD #3353BD

triadic

#3398BD #BD3398 #98BD33

tetradic

#3398BD #9D33BD #BD5833 #53BD33

square

#3398BD #9D33BD #BD5833 #53BD33

split-complementary

#3398BD #BD3353 #BD9D33

monochromatic

#194A5D #26718D #3398BD #5BB2D3 #8BC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3398BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3398BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3398BD

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3398BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3398BD	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)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3398bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6d1',
    500: '#3398bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3398bd;
$custom-light: #7eb6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3398bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3398BD

secondary

#CA9582

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3398BD

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

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