#3496B3#3496B3

#3496B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496B3
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -18.65, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 29.88, 231.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0737 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.098 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4559, 25.7951, 46.5400)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496B3 #B35134

analogous

#34B390 #3496B3 #3456B3

triadic

#3496B3 #B33496 #96B334

tetradic

#3496B3 #9034B3 #B35134 #56B334

square

#3496B3 #9034B3 #B35134 #56B334

split-complementary

#3496B3 #B33456 #B39034

monochromatic

#184754 #266E84 #3496B3 #56B3CE #86C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3496B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3496B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496B3

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496B3	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c9',
    500: '#3496b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496b3;
$custom-light: #7cb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62899,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496B3

secondary

#C58E7D

accent

#6B49DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496B3

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

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