#3480B9#3480B9

#3480B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.115 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3480B9
RGB	rgb(52, 128, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -4.24, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 36.93, 263.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0494 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.115 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8889, 19.6692, 48.7433)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3480B9 #B96D34

analogous

#34B9B0 #3480B9 #343EB9

triadic

#3480B9 #B93480 #80B934

tetradic

#3480B9 #B034B9 #B96D34 #3EB934

square

#3480B9 #B034B9 #B96D34 #3EB934

split-complementary

#3480B9 #B9343E #B9B034

monochromatic

#193E59 #275F89 #3480B9 #5A9ED1 #89BADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#3480B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#3480B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3480B9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3480B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3480B9	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6682BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3480b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 128, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.115 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca4ce',
    500: '#3480b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3480b9;
$custom-light: #7ca4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3480b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57905,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3480B9

secondary

#C89F81

accent

#8948DF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3480B9

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

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