#3496B7#3496B7

#3496B7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.101 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496B7
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 18%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -17.33, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 30.72, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0722 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.101 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8663, 25.9593, 48.7015)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496B7 #B75534

analogous

#34B796 #3496B7 #3454B7

triadic

#3496B7 #B73496 #96B734

tetradic

#3496B7 #9634B7 #B75534 #54B734

square

#3496B7 #9634B7 #B75534 #54B734

split-complementary

#3496B7 #B73454 #B79634

monochromatic

#194858 #266F87 #3496B7 #59B2D0 #88C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3496B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#3496B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496B7

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496B7	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8493B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.101 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cc',
    500: '#3496b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496b7;
$custom-light: #7db5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496B7

secondary

#C79280

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496B7

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

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