#3498E2#3498E2

#3498E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.143 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3498E2
RGB	rgb(52, 152, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 32.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -3.62, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 45.73, 265.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0598 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.143 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3666, 28.6744, 76.0818)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3498E2 #E27E34

analogous

#34E2D5 #3498E2 #3441E2

triadic

#3498E2 #E23498 #98E234

tetradic

#3498E2 #D534E2 #E27E34 #41E234

square

#3498E2 #D534E2 #E27E34 #41E234

split-complementary

#3498E2 #E23441 #E2D534

monochromatic

#135788 #1B79BE #3498E2 #6AB3EA #9FCEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#3498E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#3498E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3498E2

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3498E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3498E2	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3498e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 152, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.143 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6eb',
    500: '#3498e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3498e2;
$custom-light: #84b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3498e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.517,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3498E2

secondary

#DEB394

accent

#8636F2

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3498E2

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

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