#3496C4#3496C4

#3496C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.112 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496C4
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -12.96, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 34.42, 247.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0674 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.112 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2823, 26.5257, 56.1595)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496C4 #C46234

analogous

#34C4AA #3496C4 #344EC4

triadic

#3496C4 #C43496 #96C434

tetradic

#3496C4 #AA34C4 #C46234 #4EC434

square

#3496C4 #AA34C4 #C46234 #4EC434

split-complementary

#3496C4 #C4344E #C4AA34

monochromatic

#1A4C63 #277194 #3496C4 #60B0D5 #91C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3496C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#3496C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496C4

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496C4	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F95C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C87C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.112 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d6',
    500: '#3496c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496c4;
$custom-light: #7fb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63679,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496C4

secondary

#CC9D87

accent

#7847E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496C4

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

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