#3496A6#3496A6

#3496A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.092 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496A6
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 166)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -22.82, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 28.27, 216.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.079 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.092 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2025, 25.2938, 39.9392)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496A6 #A64434

analogous

#34A67D #3496A6 #345DA6

triadic

#3496A6 #A63496 #96A634

tetradic

#3496A6 #7D34A6 #A64434 #5DA634

square

#3496A6 #7D34A6 #A64434 #5DA634

split-complementary

#3496A6 #A6345D #A67D34

monochromatic

#174249 #256C77 #3496A6 #4FB7C8 #7ECAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3496A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#3496A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496A6

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496A6	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7885A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.092 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5c0',
    500: '#3496a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496a6;
$custom-light: #7bb5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62352,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496A6

secondary

#C08176

accent

#604CDC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496A6

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

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