#3496DD#3496DD

#3496DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.139 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3496DD
RGB	rgb(52, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -4.24, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 44.31, 264.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0594 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.139 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3686, 27.7602, 72.4138)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3496DD #DD7B34

analogous

#34DDCF #3496DD #3441DD

triadic

#3496DD #DD3496 #96DD34

tetradic

#3496DD #CF34DD #DD7B34 #41DD34

square

#3496DD #CF34DD #DD7B34 #41DD34

split-complementary

#3496DD #DD3441 #DDCF34

monochromatic

#165481 #1E76B5 #3496DD #68B1E6 #9DCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3496DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#3496DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3496DD

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3496DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3496DD	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7598E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D89DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3496dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.139 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b4e8',
    500: '#3496dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3496dd;
$custom-light: #83b4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3496dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.207,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64957,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3496DD

secondary

#DBB192

accent

#853AEE

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3496DD

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

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