#3497C2#3497C2

#3497C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.110 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497C2
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -14.19, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 33.57, 245.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0691 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.11 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2165, 26.7557, 55.0220)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497C2 #C25F34

analogous

#34C2A6 #3497C2 #3450C2

triadic

#3497C2 #C23497 #97C234

tetradic

#3497C2 #A634C2 #C25F34 #50C234

square

#3497C2 #A634C2 #C25F34 #50C234

split-complementary

#3497C2 #C23450 #C2A634

monochromatic

#1A4C61 #277192 #3497C2 #5FB1D4 #8FC8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3497C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3497C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497C2

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497C2	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E87C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.110 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d4',
    500: '#3497c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497c2;
$custom-light: #7fb5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497C2

secondary

#CC9B86

accent

#7647E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497C2

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

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