#3496BC#3496BC

#3496BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496BC
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -15.66, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 31.99, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0703 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.105 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3959, 26.1711, 51.4911)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496BC #BC5A34

analogous

#34BC9E #3496BC #3452BC

triadic

#3496BC #BC3496 #96BC34

tetradic

#3496BC #9E34BC #BC5A34 #52BC34

square

#3496BC #9E34BC #BC5A34 #52BC34

split-complementary

#3496BC #BC3452 #BC9E34

monochromatic

#194A5C #27708C #3496BC #5BB1D2 #8BC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3496BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3496BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496BC

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496BC	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)

#8293BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d0',
    500: '#3496bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496bc;
$custom-light: #7eb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63303,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496BC

secondary

#C99683

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496BC

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

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