#3496AE#3496AE

#3496AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.095 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496AE
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -20.27, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 29.04, 225.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0757 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.095 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9593, 25.5965, 43.9249)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496AE #AE4C34

analogous

#34AE89 #3496AE #3459AE

triadic

#3496AE #AE3496 #96AE34

tetradic

#3496AE #8934AE #AE4C34 #59AE34

square

#3496AE #8934AE #AE4C34 #59AE34

split-complementary

#3496AE #AE3459 #AE8934

monochromatic

#184550 #266D7F #3496AE #53B4CC #83C9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#3496AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#3496AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496AE

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496AE	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8692AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.095 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c6',
    500: '#3496ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496ae;
$custom-light: #7cb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62683,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496AE

secondary

#C3897B

accent

#674ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496AE

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

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