#3497BD#3497BD

#3497BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497BD
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -15.87, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 32.12, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0709 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.106 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6644, 26.5349, 52.1142)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497BD #BD5A34

analogous

#34BD9E #3497BD #3453BD

triadic

#3497BD #BD3497 #97BD34

tetradic

#3497BD #9E34BD #BD5A34 #53BD34

square

#3497BD #9E34BD #BD5A34 #53BD34

split-complementary

#3497BD #BD3453 #BD9E34

monochromatic

#1A4A5D #27718D #3497BD #5CB1D2 #8CC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3497BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#3497BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497BD

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497BD	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d1',
    500: '#3497bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497bd;
$custom-light: #7eb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6359,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497BD

secondary

#CA9783

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497BD

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

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