#3497BB#3497BB

#3497BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497BB
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -16.54, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 31.60, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0717 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.104 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4488, 26.4487, 50.9788)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497BB #BB5834

analogous

#34BB9C #3497BB #3454BB

triadic

#3497BB #BB3497 #97BB34

tetradic

#3497BB #9C34BB #BB5834 #54BB34

square

#3497BB #9C34BB #BB5834 #54BB34

split-complementary

#3497BB #BB3454 #BB9C34

monochromatic

#194A5B #27708B #3497BB #5BB2D1 #8BC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3497BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3497BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497BB

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497BB	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db5cf',
    500: '#3497bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497bb;
$custom-light: #7db5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63499,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497BB

secondary

#C99582

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497BB

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

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