#3497BF#3497BF

#3497BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497BF
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -15.20, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 32.68, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0702 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.107 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8830, 26.6223, 53.2654)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497BF #BF5C34

analogous

#34BFA1 #3497BF #3452BF

triadic

#3497BF #BF3497 #97BF34

tetradic

#3497BF #A134BF #BF5C34 #52BF34

square

#3497BF #A134BF #BF5C34 #52BF34

split-complementary

#3497BF #BF3452 #BFA134

monochromatic

#1A4B5F #27718F #3497BF #5DB1D3 #8DC8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3497BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#3497BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497BF

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497BF	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)

#8295C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F87BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5d2',
    500: '#3497bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497bf;
$custom-light: #7eb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497BF

secondary

#CA9984

accent

#7347E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497BF

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

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