#3497AB#3497AB

#3497AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.094 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497AB
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -21.76, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 28.75, 220.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.078 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.094 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8304, 25.8013, 42.4552)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497AB #AB4834

analogous

#34AB83 #3497AB #345BAB

triadic

#3497AB #AB3497 #97AB34

tetradic

#3497AB #8334AB #AB4834 #5BAB34

square

#3497AB #8334AB #AB4834 #5BAB34

split-complementary

#3497AB #AB345B #AB8334

monochromatic

#17444D #266E7C #3497AB #52B6CA #81CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3497AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3497AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497AB

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497AB	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7786AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.094 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5c4',
    500: '#3497ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497ab;
$custom-light: #7bb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62804,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497AB

secondary

#C28579

accent

#644BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497AB

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

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