#3496AD#3496AD

#3496AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.095 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496AD
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -20.59, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 28.90, 224.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0761 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.095 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8622, 25.5576, 43.4134)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496AD #AD4B34

analogous

#34AD88 #3496AD #345AAD

triadic

#3496AD #AD3496 #96AD34

tetradic

#3496AD #8834AD #AD4B34 #5AAD34

square

#3496AD #8834AD #AD4B34 #5AAD34

split-complementary

#3496AD #AD345A #AD8834

monochromatic

#18444F #266D7E #3496AD #53B4CB #82C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3496AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#3496AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496AD

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496AD	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.095 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c5',
    500: '#3496ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496ad;
$custom-light: #7cb5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62641,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496AD

secondary

#C3887A

accent

#664BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496AD

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

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