#3497B9#3497B9

#3497B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497B9
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -17.21, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 31.10, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0724 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.103 225)
XYZ	xyz(21.2362, 26.3636, 49.8590)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497B9 #B95634

analogous

#34B999 #3497B9 #3455B9

triadic

#3497B9 #B93497 #97B934

tetradic

#3497B9 #9934B9 #B95634 #55B934

square

#3497B9 #9934B9 #B95634 #55B934

split-complementary

#3497B9 #B93455 #B99934

monochromatic

#194959 #277089 #3497B9 #5AB2D1 #89C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3497B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3497B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497B9

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497B9	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5ce',
    500: '#3497b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497b9;
$custom-light: #7db5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.338,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.26366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497B9

secondary

#C89381

accent

#6F48DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497B9

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

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