#3497C6#3497C6

#3497C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497C6
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -12.83, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 34.86, 248.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0677 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.114 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6717, 26.9379, 57.4198)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497C6 #C66334

analogous

#34C6AC #3497C6 #344EC6

triadic

#3497C6 #C63497 #97C634

tetradic

#3497C6 #AC34C6 #C66334 #4EC634

square

#3497C6 #AC34C6 #C66334 #4EC634

split-complementary

#3497C6 #C6344E #C6AC34

monochromatic

#1B4D65 #277296 #3497C6 #62B0D6 #92C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3497C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#3497C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497C6

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497C6	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d7',
    500: '#3497c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497c6;
$custom-light: #7fb5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.315,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497C6

secondary

#CD9F89

accent

#7846E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497C6

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

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