#3497AE#3497AE

#3497AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.095 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497AE
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -20.80, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 29.08, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0767 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.095 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1196, 25.9170, 43.9783)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497AE #AE4B34

analogous

#34AE88 #3497AE #345AAE

triadic

#3497AE #AE3497 #97AE34

tetradic

#3497AE #8834AE #AE4B34 #5AAE34

square

#3497AE #8834AE #AE4B34 #5AAE34

split-complementary

#3497AE #AE345A #AE8834

monochromatic

#184550 #266E7F #3497AE #53B5CC #83C9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3497AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#3497AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497AE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497AE	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)

#8892AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7686AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.095 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c6',
    500: '#3497ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497ae;
$custom-light: #7cb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6293,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497AE

secondary

#C3887B

accent

#664ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497AE

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

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