#3496C5#3496C5

#3496C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496C5
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -12.62, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 34.76, 248.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0671 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.113 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3965, 26.5714, 56.7609)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496C5 #C56334

analogous

#34C5AC #3496C5 #344EC5

triadic

#3496C5 #C53496 #96C534

tetradic

#3496C5 #AC34C5 #C56334 #4EC534

square

#3496C5 #AC34C5 #C56334 #4EC534

split-complementary

#3496C5 #C5344E #C5AC34

monochromatic

#1A4C64 #277195 #3496C5 #61B0D5 #91C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3496C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#3496C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496C5

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496C5	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)

#7F95C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B87C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d6',
    500: '#3496c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496c5;
$custom-light: #7fb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.448,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63728,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496C5

secondary

#CD9E88

accent

#7946E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496C5

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

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