#3499BD#3499BD

#3499BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.105 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3499BD
RGB	rgb(52, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -16.95, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 31.88, 237.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0729 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.105 226)
XYZ	xyz(21.9890, 27.1841, 52.2224)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3499BD #BD5834

analogous

#34BD9C #3499BD #3455BD

triadic

#3499BD #BD3499 #99BD34

tetradic

#3499BD #9C34BD #BD5834 #55BD34

square

#3499BD #9C34BD #BD5834 #55BD34

split-complementary

#3499BD #BD3455 #BD9C34

monochromatic

#1A4B5D #27728D #3499BD #5CB3D2 #8CC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3499BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#3499BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3499BD

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3499BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3499BD	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3499bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.105 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7d1',
    500: '#3499bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3499bd;
$custom-light: #7eb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3499bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64072,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3499BD

secondary

#CA9683

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3499BD

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

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