#3497CA#3497CA

#3497CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.117 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497CA
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -11.46, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 36.25, 251.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0663 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.117 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1392, 27.1248, 59.8818)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497CA #CA6734

analogous

#34CAB2 #3497CA #344CCA

triadic

#3497CA #CA3497 #97CA34

tetradic

#3497CA #B234CA #CA6734 #4CCA34

square

#3497CA #B234CA #CA6734 #4CCA34

split-complementary

#3497CA #CA344C #CAB234

monochromatic

#1B4E69 #277399 #3497CA #64B0D7 #95C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3497CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#3497CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497CA

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497CA	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.117 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5da',
    500: '#3497ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497ca;
$custom-light: #80b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64208,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497CA

secondary

#CFA28B

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497CA

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

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