#3496B2#3496B2

#3496B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496B2
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -18.97, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 29.69, 230.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0741 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.098 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3551, 25.7548, 46.0092)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496B2 #B25034

analogous

#34B28F #3496B2 #3457B2

triadic

#3496B2 #B23496 #96B234

tetradic

#3496B2 #8F34B2 #B25034 #57B234

square

#3496B2 #8F34B2 #B25034 #57B234

split-complementary

#3496B2 #B23457 #B28F34

monochromatic

#184653 #266E83 #3496B2 #56B3CE #85C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3496B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#3496B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496B2

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496B2	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c9',
    500: '#3496b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496b2;
$custom-light: #7cb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62855,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496B2

secondary

#C58D7D

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496B2

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

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