#3399BC#3399BC

#3399BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.105 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3399BC
RGBrgb(51, 153, 188)
HSLhsl(195, 57%, 47%)
HSVhsv(195, 73%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(72.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.08, -17.42, -26.53)
CIE-LCHlch(59.08, 31.74, 236.71°)
OKLaboklab(64% -0.0738 -0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(64% 0.105 225.2)
XYZxyz(21.8299, 27.1146, 51.6503)
Luminance0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3399BC #BC5633
analogous
#33BC9A #3399BC #3355BC
triadic
#3399BC #BC3399 #99BC33
tetradic
#3399BC #9A33BC #BC5633 #55BC33
square
#3399BC #9A33BC #BC5633 #55BC33
split-complementary
#3399BC #BC3355 #BC9A33
monochromatic
#194B5C #26728C #3399BC #5AB4D2 #8ACADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27
#3399BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42
#3399BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3399BC
6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3399BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3399BC1.003.276.426.42
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4221.001.001.00
##0000006.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8696BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7388BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3399bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.105 225.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7d0',
    500: '#3399bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3399bc;
$custom-light: #7db7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3399bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3399BC
secondary
#C99481
accent
#6E47E1
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F9
border
#CAD0D2
text
#0B1114
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3399BC

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#3399BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva