#3497BC#3497BC

#3497BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497BC
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -16.21, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 31.85, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0713 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.105 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5562, 26.4916, 51.5445)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497BC #BC5934

analogous

#34BC9D #3497BC #3453BC

triadic

#3497BC #BC3497 #97BC34

tetradic

#3497BC #9D34BC #BC5934 #53BC34

square

#3497BC #9D34BC #BC5934 #53BC34

split-complementary

#3497BC #BC3453 #BC9D34

monochromatic

#194A5C #27708C #3497BC #5BB2D2 #8BC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3497BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#3497BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497BC

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497BC	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d0',
    500: '#3497bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497bc;
$custom-light: #7eb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63544,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497BC

secondary

#C99683

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497BC

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

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