#3496AC#3496AC

#3496AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.094 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496AC
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -20.92, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 28.78, 223.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0765 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.094 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7658, 25.5191, 42.9057)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496AC #AC4A34

analogous

#34AC86 #3496AC #345AAC

triadic

#3496AC #AC3496 #96AC34

tetradic

#3496AC #8634AC #AC4A34 #5AAC34

square

#3496AC #8634AC #AC4A34 #5AAC34

split-complementary

#3496AC #AC345A #AC8634

monochromatic

#18444E #266D7D #3496AC #52B5CB #81C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3496AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#3496AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496AC

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496AC	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)

#8791AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.094 215.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496AC

secondary

#C28779

accent

#664BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496AC

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

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