#3497BE#3497BE

#3497BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497BE
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -15.54, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 32.40, 241.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0705 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.106 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7733, 26.5785, 52.6879)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497BE #BE5B34

analogous

#34BEA0 #3497BE #3452BE

triadic

#3497BE #BE3497 #97BE34

tetradic

#3497BE #A034BE #BE5B34 #52BE34

square

#3497BE #A034BE #BE5B34 #52BE34

split-complementary

#3497BE #BE3452 #BEA034

monochromatic

#1A4B5E #27718E #3497BE #5DB1D3 #8DC8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3497BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#3497BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497BE

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497BE	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 228.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497BE

secondary

#CA9884

accent

#7348E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497BE

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

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