#3497C5#3497C5

#3497C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.113 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497C5
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -13.17, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 34.53, 247.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.068 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.113 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5568, 26.8919, 56.8143)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497C5 #C56234

analogous

#34C5AB #3497C5 #344FC5

triadic

#3497C5 #C53497 #97C534

tetradic

#3497C5 #AB34C5 #C56234 #4FC534

square

#3497C5 #AB34C5 #C56234 #4FC534

split-complementary

#3497C5 #C5344F #C5AB34

monochromatic

#1A4D64 #277295 #3497C5 #61B0D5 #91C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3497C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#3497C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497C5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497C5	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D87C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.113 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d6',
    500: '#3497c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497c5;
$custom-light: #7fb5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.034,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497C5

secondary

#CD9E88

accent

#7846E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497C5

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

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