#3497AD#3497AD

#3497AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.095 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497AD
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -21.12, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 28.96, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0771 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.095 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0225, 25.8781, 43.4668)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497AD #AD4A34

analogous

#34AD87 #3497AD #345BAD

triadic

#3497AD #AD3497 #97AD34

tetradic

#3497AD #8734AD #AD4A34 #5BAD34

square

#3497AD #8734AD #AD4A34 #5BAD34

split-complementary

#3497AD #AD345B #AD8734

monochromatic

#18454F #266E7E #3497AD #53B5CB #82CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3497AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#3497AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497AD

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497AD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7786AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.095 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c5',
    500: '#3497ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497ad;
$custom-light: #7cb5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497AD

secondary

#C3877A

accent

#654BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497AD

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

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