#3497B2#3497B2

#3497B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497B2
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -19.51, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 29.68, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0751 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.098 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5153, 26.0753, 46.0627)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497B2 #B24F34

analogous

#34B28E #3497B2 #3458B2

triadic

#3497B2 #B23497 #97B234

tetradic

#3497B2 #8E34B2 #B24F34 #58B234

square

#3497B2 #8E34B2 #B24F34 #58B234

split-complementary

#3497B2 #B23458 #B28E34

monochromatic

#184753 #266F83 #3497B2 #56B4CE #85C9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3497B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3497B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497B2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497B2	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c9',
    500: '#3497b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497b2;
$custom-light: #7cb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.631,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497B2

secondary

#C58C7D

accent

#694ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497B2

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

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