#3497D8#3497D8

#3497D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.132 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497D8
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(204, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -6.58, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 41.76, 260.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0618 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.132 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8726, 27.8182, 69.0110)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497D8 #D87534

analogous

#34D8C7 #3497D8 #3445D8

triadic

#3497D8 #D83497 #97D834

tetradic

#3497D8 #C734D8 #D87534 #45D834

square

#3497D8 #C734D8 #D87534 #45D834

split-complementary

#3497D8 #D83445 #D8C734

monochromatic

#17537A #2176AD #3497D8 #67B1E2 #9BCCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3497D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#3497D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497D8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497D8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6289D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.132 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5e4',
    500: '#3497d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497d8;
$custom-light: #82b5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.78,
    "s": 67.769,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6492,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497D8

secondary

#D8AD90

accent

#823DEB

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497D8

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

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