#3496C3#3496C3

#3496C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.111 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496C3
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -13.30, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 34.09, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0678 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.111 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1689, 26.4803, 55.5620)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496C3 #C36134

analogous

#34C3A8 #3496C3 #344EC3

triadic

#3496C3 #C33496 #96C334

tetradic

#3496C3 #A834C3 #C36134 #4EC334

square

#3496C3 #A834C3 #C36134 #4EC334

split-complementary

#3496C3 #C3344E #C3A834

monochromatic

#1A4C62 #277193 #3496C3 #60B0D5 #90C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3496C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#3496C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496C3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496C3	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8094C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C87C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.111 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d5',
    500: '#3496c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496c3;
$custom-light: #7fb4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496C3

secondary

#CC9D87

accent

#7747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496C3

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

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