#3496BE#3496BE

#3496BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496BE
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -14.99, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 32.55, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0695 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.107 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6130, 26.2580, 52.6344)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3496BE #BE5C34

analogous

#34BEA1 #3496BE #3451BE

triadic

#3496BE #BE3496 #96BE34

tetradic

#3496BE #A134BE #BE5C34 #51BE34

square

#3496BE #A134BE #BE5C34 #51BE34

split-complementary

#3496BE #BE3451 #BEA134

monochromatic

#1A4A5E #27708E #3496BE #5DB0D3 #8DC8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3496BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3496BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496BE

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496BE	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 229.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63396,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496BE

secondary

#CA9884

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496BE

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

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