#3497AC#3497AC

#3497AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.094 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497AC
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 172)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -21.44, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 28.85, 222.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0775 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.094 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9261, 25.8396, 42.9591)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497AC #AC4934

analogous

#34AC85 #3497AC #345BAC

triadic

#3497AC #AC3497 #97AC34

tetradic

#3497AC #8534AC #AC4934 #5BAC34

square

#3497AC #8534AC #AC4934 #5BAC34

split-complementary

#3497AC #AC345B #AC8534

monochromatic

#18444E #266E7D #3497AC #52B6CB #81CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3497AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3497AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497AC

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497AC	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7786AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.094 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c4',
    500: '#3497ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497ac;
$custom-light: #7cb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62846,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497AC

secondary

#C28679

accent

#644BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497AC

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

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