#3497B5#3497B5

#3497B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497B5
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -18.53, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 30.23, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.074 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.1 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8198, 26.1971, 47.6664)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497B5 #B55234

analogous

#34B592 #3497B5 #3457B5

triadic

#3497B5 #B53497 #97B534

tetradic

#3497B5 #9234B5 #B55234 #57B534

square

#3497B5 #9234B5 #B55234 #57B534

split-complementary

#3497B5 #B53457 #B59234

monochromatic

#194856 #266F85 #3497B5 #57B3CF #87C9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3497B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3497B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497B5

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497B5	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cb',
    500: '#3497b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497b5;
$custom-light: #7db5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63231,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497B5

secondary

#C68F7F

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497B5

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

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