#3496C2#3496C2

#3496C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.110 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496C2
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -13.64, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 33.77, 246.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0681 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.11 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0562, 26.4352, 54.9686)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496C2 #C26034

analogous

#34C2A7 #3496C2 #344FC2

triadic

#3496C2 #C23496 #96C234

tetradic

#3496C2 #A734C2 #C26034 #4FC234

square

#3496C2 #A734C2 #C26034 #4FC234

split-complementary

#3496C2 #C2344F #C2A734

monochromatic

#1A4B61 #277192 #3496C2 #5FB0D4 #8FC8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3496C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3496C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496C2

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496C2	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8094C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D86C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.110 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb4d4',
    500: '#3496c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496c2;
$custom-light: #7eb4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.592,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63584,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496C2

secondary

#CC9C86

accent

#7747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496C2

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

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