#3498AC#3498AC

#3498AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.094 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498AC
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 172)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -21.96, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 28.93, 220.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0786 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.094 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0877, 26.1628, 43.0130)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498AC #AC4834

analogous

#34AC84 #3498AC #345CAC

triadic

#3498AC #AC3498 #98AC34

tetradic

#3498AC #8434AC #AC4834 #5CAC34

square

#3498AC #8434AC #AC4834 #5CAC34

split-complementary

#3498AC #AC345C #AC8434

monochromatic

#18454E #266E7D #3498AC #52B7CB #81CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3498AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3498AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498AC

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498AC	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.094 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6c4',
    500: '#3498ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498ac;
$custom-light: #7cb6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63093,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498AC

secondary

#C28679

accent

#634BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498AC

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

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