#3497DD#3497DD

#3497DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.138 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3497DD
RGB	rgb(52, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -4.82, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 43.92, 263.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0603 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.138 244)
XYZ	xyz(25.5289, 28.0807, 72.4672)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3497DD #DD7A34

analogous

#34DDCE #3497DD #3442DD

triadic

#3497DD #DD3497 #97DD34

tetradic

#3497DD #CE34DD #DD7A34 #42DD34

square

#3497DD #CE34DD #DD7A34 #42DD34

split-complementary

#3497DD #DD3442 #DDCE34

monochromatic

#165581 #1E77B5 #3497DD #68B2E6 #9DCDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#3497DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#3497DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3497DD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3497DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3497DD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F89DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3497dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.138 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5e8',
    500: '#3497dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3497dd;
$custom-light: #83b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3497dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.852,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65186,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.28084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3497DD

secondary

#DBB092

accent

#843AEE

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3497DD

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

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