#3493B8#3493B8

#3493B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3493B8
RGB	rgb(52, 147, 184)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -15.37, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 31.31, 240.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0688 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.103 228)
XYZ	xyz(20.4981, 25.0559, 49.0941)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3493B8 #B85934

analogous

#34B89B #3493B8 #3451B8

triadic

#3493B8 #B83493 #93B834

tetradic

#3493B8 #9B34B8 #B85934 #51B834

square

#3493B8 #9B34B8 #B85934 #51B834

split-complementary

#3493B8 #B83451 #B89B34

monochromatic

#194759 #276D88 #3493B8 #59AFD0 #89C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#3493B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#3493B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3493B8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3493B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3493B8	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8090BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3493b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 147, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db2cd',
    500: '#3493b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3493b8;
$custom-light: #7db2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3493b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62394,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.25058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3493B8

secondary

#C89480

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF5F9

border

#CACFD2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3493B8

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

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