#3498BA#3498BA

#3498BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498BA
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -17.41, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 31.25, 236.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.073 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.103 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5037, 26.7292, 50.4708)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498BA #BA5634

analogous

#34BA99 #3498BA #3455BA

triadic

#3498BA #BA3498 #98BA34

tetradic

#3498BA #9934BA #BA5634 #55BA34

square

#3498BA #9934BA #BA5634 #55BA34

split-complementary

#3498BA #BA3455 #BA9934

monochromatic

#194A5A #27718A #3498BA #5AB3D1 #8AC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3498BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3498BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498BA

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498BA	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6ce',
    500: '#3498ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498ba;
$custom-light: #7db6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63695,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498BA

secondary

#C89381

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498BA

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

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