#3495BD#3495BD

#3495BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3495BD
RGB	rgb(52, 149, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -14.78, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 32.42, 242.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0689 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.106 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3452, 25.8966, 52.0078)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3495BD #BD5C34

analogous

#34BDA0 #3495BD #3451BD

triadic

#3495BD #BD3495 #95BD34

tetradic

#3495BD #A034BD #BD5C34 #51BD34

square

#3495BD #A034BD #BD5C34 #51BD34

split-complementary

#3495BD #BD3451 #BDA034

monochromatic

#1A495D #276F8D #3495BD #5CB0D2 #8CC7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3495BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#3495BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3495BD

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3495BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3495BD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8093BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3495bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 149, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb4d1',
    500: '#3495bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3495bd;
$custom-light: #7eb4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3495bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3495BD

secondary

#CA9883

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3495BD

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

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