#3498AD#3498AD

#3498AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.095 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498AD
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -21.64, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 29.03, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0782 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.095 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1841, 26.2014, 43.5207)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498AD #AD4934

analogous

#34AD86 #3498AD #345CAD

triadic

#3498AD #AD3498 #98AD34

tetradic

#3498AD #8634AD #AD4934 #5CAD34

square

#3498AD #8634AD #AD4934 #5CAD34

split-complementary

#3498AD #AD345C #AD8634

monochromatic

#18454F #266F7E #3498AD #53B6CB #82CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3498AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3498AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498AD

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498AD	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.095 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6c5',
    500: '#3498ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498ad;
$custom-light: #7cb6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.413,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498AD

secondary

#C3877A

accent

#644BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498AD

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

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