#3496AB#3496AB

#3496AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.094 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496AB
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -21.24, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 28.67, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0769 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.094 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6701, 25.4808, 42.4018)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496AB #AB4934

analogous

#34AB84 #3496AB #345AAB

triadic

#3496AB #AB3496 #96AB34

tetradic

#3496AB #8434AB #AB4934 #5AAB34

square

#3496AB #8434AB #AB4934 #5AAB34

split-complementary

#3496AB #AB345A #AB8434

monochromatic

#17444D #266D7C #3496AB #52B5CA #81C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3496AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#3496AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496AB

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496AB	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.094 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5c4',
    500: '#3496ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496ab;
$custom-light: #7bb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62557,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496AB

secondary

#C28679

accent

#654BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496AB

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

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