#3497A6#3497A6

#3497A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.092 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497A6
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 166)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -23.34, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 28.42, 214.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.08 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.092 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3628, 25.6143, 39.9926)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497A6 #A64334

analogous

#34A67C #3497A6 #345EA6

triadic

#3497A6 #A63497 #97A634

tetradic

#3497A6 #7C34A6 #A64334 #5EA634

square

#3497A6 #7C34A6 #A64334 #5EA634

split-complementary

#3497A6 #A6345E #A67C34

monochromatic

#174249 #256D77 #3497A6 #4FB8C8 #7ECBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#3497A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#3497A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497A6

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497A6	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7985A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.092 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6c0',
    500: '#3497a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497a6;
$custom-light: #7bb6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62601,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497A6

secondary

#C08076

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497A6

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

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