#3498C8#3498C8

#3498C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.115 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498C8
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -12.70, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 35.31, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.068 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.115 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0656, 27.3540, 58.6966)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498C8 #C86434

analogous

#34C8AE #3498C8 #344EC8

triadic

#3498C8 #C83498 #98C834

tetradic

#3498C8 #AE34C8 #C86434 #4EC834

square

#3498C8 #AE34C8 #C86434 #4EC834

split-complementary

#3498C8 #C8344E #C8AE34

monochromatic

#1B4E67 #277397 #3498C8 #63B1D6 #93C9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3498C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3498C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498C8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498C8	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.115 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6d9',
    500: '#3498c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498c8;
$custom-light: #7fb6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64348,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498C8

secondary

#CEA08A

accent

#7846E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498C8

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

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