#3496C8#3496C8

#3496C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.116 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496C8
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -11.59, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 35.80, 251.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.066 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.116 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7437, 26.7102, 58.5893)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496C8 #C86634

analogous

#34C8B0 #3496C8 #344CC8

triadic

#3496C8 #C83496 #96C834

tetradic

#3496C8 #B034C8 #C86634 #4CC834

square

#3496C8 #B034C8 #C86634 #4CC834

split-complementary

#3496C8 #C8344C #C8B034

monochromatic

#1B4D67 #277297 #3496C8 #63AFD6 #93C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3496C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#3496C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496C8

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496C8	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.116 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4d9',
    500: '#3496c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496c8;
$custom-light: #7fb4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63874,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496C8

secondary

#CEA18A

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496C8

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

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