#3496A4#3496A4

#3496A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.091 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496A4
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -23.45, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 28.19, 213.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0798 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.091 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0205, 25.2210, 38.9805)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496A4 #A44234

analogous

#34A47A #3496A4 #345EA4

triadic

#3496A4 #A43496 #96A434

tetradic

#3496A4 #7A34A4 #A44234 #5EA434

square

#3496A4 #7A34A4 #A44234 #5EA434

split-complementary

#3496A4 #A4345E #A47A34

monochromatic

#174147 #256C76 #3496A4 #4EB8C7 #7DCBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3496A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#3496A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496A4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496A4	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7984A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.091 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5bf',
    500: '#3496a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496a4;
$custom-light: #7ab5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62272,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496A4

secondary

#BF7E75

accent

#5E4CDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496A4

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

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