#3496B5#3496B5

#3496B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496B5
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -17.99, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 30.28, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0729 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.1 223)
XYZ	xyz(20.6596, 25.8766, 47.6130)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496B5 #B55334

analogous

#34B594 #3496B5 #3455B5

triadic

#3496B5 #B53496 #96B534

tetradic

#3496B5 #9434B5 #B55334 #55B534

square

#3496B5 #9434B5 #B55334 #55B534

split-complementary

#3496B5 #B53455 #B59434

monochromatic

#194756 #266F85 #3496B5 #57B2CF #87C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3496B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#3496B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496B5

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496B5	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cb',
    500: '#3496b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496b5;
$custom-light: #7db5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62987,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.25879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496B5

secondary

#C6907F

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496B5

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

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