#3496B4#3496B4

#3496B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496B4
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -18.32, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 30.07, 232.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0733 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.099 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5574, 25.8357, 47.0745)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496B4 #B45234

analogous

#34B492 #3496B4 #3456B4

triadic

#3496B4 #B43496 #96B434

tetradic

#3496B4 #9234B4 #B45234 #56B434

square

#3496B4 #9234B4 #B45234 #56B434

split-complementary

#3496B4 #B43456 #B49234

monochromatic

#194755 #266E85 #3496B4 #57B2CE #86C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3496B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3496B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496B4

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496B4	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5ca',
    500: '#3496b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496b4;
$custom-light: #7cb5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.063,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62943,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496B4

secondary

#C68F7E

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496B4

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

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