#3498C5#3498C5

#3498C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.112 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498C5
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -13.72, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 34.32, 246.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.069 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.112 232)
XYZ	xyz(22.7184, 27.2151, 56.8682)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498C5 #C56134

analogous

#34C5AA #3498C5 #344FC5

triadic

#3498C5 #C53498 #98C534

tetradic

#3498C5 #AA34C5 #C56134 #4FC534

square

#3498C5 #AA34C5 #C56134 #4FC534

split-complementary

#3498C5 #C5344F #C5AA34

monochromatic

#1A4D64 #277395 #3498C5 #61B1D5 #91C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3498C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#3498C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498C5

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498C5	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E88C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.112 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6d6',
    500: '#3498c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498c5;
$custom-light: #7fb6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.27218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498C5

secondary

#CD9D88

accent

#7646E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498C5

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

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