#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
RGBrgb(52, 152, 197)
HSLhsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSVhsv(199, 74%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(73.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.17, -13.72, -31.46)
CIE-LCHlch(59.17, 34.32, 246.43°)
OKLaboklab(64.2% -0.069 -0.0884)
OKLCHoklch(64.2% 0.112 232)
XYZxyz(22.7184, 27.2151, 56.8682)
Luminance0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##3498C51.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

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

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#3498C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva