#3499B8#3499B8

#3499B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3499B8
RGB	rgb(52, 153, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -18.61, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 30.74, 232.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0748 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.101 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4556, 26.9708, 49.4132)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3499B8 #B85334

analogous

#34B895 #3499B8 #3457B8

triadic

#3499B8 #B83499 #99B834

tetradic

#3499B8 #9534B8 #B85334 #57B834

square

#3499B8 #9534B8 #B85334 #57B834

split-complementary

#3499B8 #B83457 #B89534

monochromatic

#194A59 #277188 #3499B8 #59B4D0 #89CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3499B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#3499B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3499B8

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3499B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3499B8	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8795BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3499b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 153, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7cd',
    500: '#3499b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3499b8;
$custom-light: #7db7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3499b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3499B8

secondary

#C89180

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3499B8

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

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