#3498C6#3498C6

#3498C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498C6
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -13.38, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 34.64, 247.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0686 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.113 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8334, 27.2611, 57.4737)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498C6 #C66234

analogous

#34C6AB #3498C6 #344FC6

triadic

#3498C6 #C63498 #98C634

tetradic

#3498C6 #AB34C6 #C66234 #4FC634

square

#3498C6 #AB34C6 #C66234 #4FC634

split-complementary

#3498C6 #C6344F #C6AB34

monochromatic

#1B4E65 #277396 #3498C6 #62B1D6 #92C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3498C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#3498C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498C6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498C6	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6d7',
    500: '#3498c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498c6;
$custom-light: #7fb6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64251,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498C6

secondary

#CD9E89

accent

#7746E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498C6

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

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