#3496BF#3496BF

#3496BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.108 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496BF
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -14.66, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 32.84, 243.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0692 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.108 230)
XYZ	xyz(21.7227, 26.3018, 53.2120)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496BF #BF5D34

analogous

#34BFA3 #3496BF #3450BF

triadic

#3496BF #BF3496 #96BF34

tetradic

#3496BF #A334BF #BF5D34 #50BF34

square

#3496BF #A334BF #BF5D34 #50BF34

split-complementary

#3496BF #BF3450 #BFA334

monochromatic

#1A4A5F #27708F #3496BF #5DB0D3 #8DC8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3496BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3496BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496BF

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496BF	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8194C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E86BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.108 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb4d2',
    500: '#3496bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496bf;
$custom-light: #7eb4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.26304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496BF

secondary

#CA9984

accent

#7547E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496BF

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

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