#3496BA#3496BA

#3496BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496BA
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -16.33, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 31.46, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.071 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.104 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1818, 26.0855, 50.3635)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496BA #BA5834

analogous

#34BA9B #3496BA #3453BA

triadic

#3496BA #BA3496 #96BA34

tetradic

#3496BA #9B34BA #BA5834 #53BA34

square

#3496BA #9B34BA #BA5834 #53BA34

split-complementary

#3496BA #BA3453 #BA9B34

monochromatic

#19495A #276F8A #3496BA #5AB1D1 #8AC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3496BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3496BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496BA

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496BA	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5ce',
    500: '#3496ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496ba;
$custom-light: #7db5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496BA

secondary

#C89481

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496BA

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

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