#3497BA#3497BA

#3497BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497BA
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -16.87, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 31.35, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.072 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.103 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3421, 26.4060, 50.4169)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497BA #BA5734

analogous

#34BA9A #3497BA #3454BA

triadic

#3497BA #BA3497 #97BA34

tetradic

#3497BA #9A34BA #BA5734 #54BA34

square

#3497BA #9A34BA #BA5734 #54BA34

split-complementary

#3497BA #BA3454 #BA9A34

monochromatic

#19495A #27708A #3497BA #5AB2D1 #8AC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3497BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#3497BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497BA

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497BA	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 225.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497BA

secondary

#C89481

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497BA

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

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