#3497B8#3497B8

#3497B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497B8
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -17.54, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 30.87, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0728 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.102 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1310, 26.3215, 49.3050)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497B8 #B85534

analogous

#34B897 #3497B8 #3455B8

triadic

#3497B8 #B83497 #97B834

tetradic

#3497B8 #9734B8 #B85534 #55B834

square

#3497B8 #9734B8 #B85534 #55B834

split-complementary

#3497B8 #B83455 #B89734

monochromatic

#194959 #277088 #3497B8 #59B2D0 #89C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3497B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3497B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497B8

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497B8	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cd',
    500: '#3497b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497b8;
$custom-light: #7db5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63363,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497B8

secondary

#C89280

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497B8

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

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