#3498AE#3498AE

#3498AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.095 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498AE
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -21.32, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 29.14, 222.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0778 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.095 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2812, 26.2402, 44.0322)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498AE #AE4A34

analogous

#34AE87 #3498AE #345BAE

triadic

#3498AE #AE3498 #98AE34

tetradic

#3498AE #8734AE #AE4A34 #5BAE34

square

#3498AE #8734AE #AE4A34 #5BAE34

split-complementary

#3498AE #AE345B #AE8734

monochromatic

#184650 #266F7F #3498AE #53B6CC #83CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#3498AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#3498AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498AE

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498AE	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.095 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6c6',
    500: '#3498ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498ae;
$custom-light: #7cb6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498AE

secondary

#C3887B

accent

#654ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498AE

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

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