#3497C4#3497C4

#3497C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.112 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497C4
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -13.51, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 34.20, 246.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0684 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.112 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4426, 26.8462, 56.2129)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497C4 #C46134

analogous

#34C4A9 #3497C4 #344FC4

triadic

#3497C4 #C43497 #97C434

tetradic

#3497C4 #A934C4 #C46134 #4FC434

square

#3497C4 #A934C4 #C46134 #4FC434

split-complementary

#3497C4 #C4344F #C4A934

monochromatic

#1A4C63 #277294 #3497C4 #60B0D5 #91C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3497C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3497C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497C4

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497C4	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D87C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.112 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d6',
    500: '#3497c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497c4;
$custom-light: #7fb5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497C4

secondary

#CC9D87

accent

#7747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497C4

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

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