#3496CA#3496CA

#3496CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496CA
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -10.90, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 36.52, 252.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0653 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.118 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9790, 26.8043, 59.8283)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496CA #CA6834

analogous

#34CAB3 #3496CA #344BCA

triadic

#3496CA #CA3496 #96CA34

tetradic

#3496CA #B334CA #CA6834 #4BCA34

square

#3496CA #B334CA #CA6834 #4BCA34

split-complementary

#3496CA #CA344B #CAB334

monochromatic

#1B4E69 #277299 #3496CA #64AFD7 #95C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3496CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3496CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496CA

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496CA	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6987C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b4da',
    500: '#3496ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496ca;
$custom-light: #80b4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63972,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496CA

secondary

#CFA28B

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496CA

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

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