#3496BD#3496BD

#3496BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496BD
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -15.33, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 32.27, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0699 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.106 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5041, 26.2144, 52.0608)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496BD #BD5B34

analogous

#34BD9F #3496BD #3452BD

triadic

#3496BD #BD3496 #96BD34

tetradic

#3496BD #9F34BD #BD5B34 #52BD34

square

#3496BD #9F34BD #BD5B34 #52BD34

split-complementary

#3496BD #BD3452 #BD9F34

monochromatic

#1A4A5D #27708D #3496BD #5CB1D2 #8CC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3496BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3496BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496BD

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496BD	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d1',
    500: '#3496bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496bd;
$custom-light: #7eb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.08,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496BD

secondary

#CA9783

accent

#7348E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496BD

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

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