#3497C8#3497C8

#3497C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497C8
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -12.14, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 35.55, 250.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.067 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.116 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9040, 27.0307, 58.6427)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497C8 #C86534

analogous

#34C8AF #3497C8 #344DC8

triadic

#3497C8 #C83497 #97C834

tetradic

#3497C8 #AF34C8 #C86534 #4DC834

square

#3497C8 #AF34C8 #C86534 #4DC834

split-complementary

#3497C8 #C8344D #C8AF34

monochromatic

#1B4E67 #277297 #3497C8 #63B0D6 #93C9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3497C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3497C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497C8

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497C8	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d9',
    500: '#3497c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497c8;
$custom-light: #7fb5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.865,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6411,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497C8

secondary

#CEA08A

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497C8

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

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