#3498CA#3498CA

#3498CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498CA
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 202)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -12.01, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 36.00, 250.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0673 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.117 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3008, 27.4481, 59.9356)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498CA #CA6634

analogous

#34CAB1 #3498CA #344DCA

triadic

#3498CA #CA3498 #98CA34

tetradic

#3498CA #B134CA #CA6634 #4DCA34

square

#3498CA #B134CA #CA6634 #4DCA34

split-complementary

#3498CA #CA344D #CAB134

monochromatic

#1B4F69 #277399 #3498CA #64B1D7 #95C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3498CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#3498CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498CA

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498CA	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6da',
    500: '#3498ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498ca;
$custom-light: #80b6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64445,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498CA

secondary

#CFA28B

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498CA

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

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