#3496B8#3496B8

#3496B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.102 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496B8
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -17.00, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 30.96, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0718 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.102 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9707, 26.0010, 49.2516)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496B8 #B85634

analogous

#34B898 #3496B8 #3454B8

triadic

#3496B8 #B83496 #96B834

tetradic

#3496B8 #9834B8 #B85634 #54B834

square

#3496B8 #9834B8 #B85634 #54B834

split-complementary

#3496B8 #B83454 #B89834

monochromatic

#194859 #276F88 #3496B8 #59B1D0 #89C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3496B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#3496B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496B8

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496B8	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.102 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cd',
    500: '#3496b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496b8;
$custom-light: #7db5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63121,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496B8

secondary

#C89380

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496B8

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

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