#3498C2#3498C2

#3498C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.110 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498C2
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 194)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -14.74, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 33.39, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0701 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.11 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3781, 27.0790, 55.0758)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498C2 #C25E34

analogous

#34C2A5 #3498C2 #3451C2

triadic

#3498C2 #C23498 #98C234

tetradic

#3498C2 #A534C2 #C25E34 #51C234

square

#3498C2 #A534C2 #C25E34 #51C234

split-complementary

#3498C2 #C23451 #C2A534

monochromatic

#1A4C61 #277292 #3498C2 #5FB2D4 #8FC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3498C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#3498C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498C2

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498C2	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8396C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F88C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.110 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6d4',
    500: '#3498c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498c2;
$custom-light: #7fb6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64062,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498C2

secondary

#CC9B86

accent

#7447E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498C2

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

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