#3497B3#3497B3

#3497B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497B3
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -19.18, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 29.85, 230.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0747 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.098 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6161, 26.1156, 46.5934)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497B3 #B35034

analogous

#34B38F #3497B3 #3458B3

triadic

#3497B3 #B33497 #97B334

tetradic

#3497B3 #8F34B3 #B35034 #58B334

square

#3497B3 #8F34B3 #B35034 #58B334

split-complementary

#3497B3 #B33458 #B38F34

monochromatic

#184754 #266F84 #3497B3 #56B4CE #86C9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3497B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3497B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497B3

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497B3	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#8693B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5c9',
    500: '#3497b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497b3;
$custom-light: #7cb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497B3

secondary

#C58D7D

accent

#6A49DE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497B3

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

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