#3498A4#3498A4

#3498A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.092 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498A4
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -24.47, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 28.55, 211.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0819 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.092 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3424, 25.8647, 39.0878)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498A4 #A44034

analogous

#34A478 #3498A4 #3460A4

triadic

#3498A4 #A43498 #98A434

tetradic

#3498A4 #7834A4 #A44034 #60A434

square

#3498A4 #7834A4 #A44034 #60A434

split-complementary

#3498A4 #A43460 #A47834

monochromatic

#174247 #256D76 #3498A4 #4EBAC7 #7DCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3498A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3498A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498A4

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498A4	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.092 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6bf',
    500: '#3498a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498a4;
$custom-light: #7bb6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498A4

secondary

#BF7D75

accent

#5C4CDB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498A4

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

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