#3496BB#3496BB

#3496BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496BB
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -16.00, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 31.72, 239.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0707 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.104 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2885, 26.1282, 50.9253)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496BB #BB5934

analogous

#34BB9C #3496BB #3453BB

triadic

#3496BB #BB3496 #96BB34

tetradic

#3496BB #9C34BB #BB5934 #53BB34

square

#3496BB #9C34BB #BB5934 #53BB34

split-complementary

#3496BB #BB3453 #BB9C34

monochromatic

#19495B #27708B #3496BB #5BB1D1 #8BC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3496BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3496BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496BB

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496BB	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cf',
    500: '#3496bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496bb;
$custom-light: #7db5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63257,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496BB

secondary

#C99582

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496BB

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

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