#3499BE#3499BE

#3499BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.106 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3499BE
RGB	rgb(52, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -16.62, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 32.13, 238.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0725 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.106 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0979, 27.2277, 52.7961)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3499BE #BE5934

analogous

#34BE9E #3499BE #3454BE

triadic

#3499BE #BE3499 #99BE34

tetradic

#3499BE #9E34BE #BE5934 #54BE34

square

#3499BE #9E34BE #BE5934 #54BE34

split-complementary

#3499BE #BE3454 #BE9E34

monochromatic

#1A4C5E #27728E #3499BE #5DB3D3 #8DC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3499BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#3499BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3499BE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3499BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3499BE	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3499be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.106 226.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3499be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64118,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3499BE

secondary

#CA9784

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3499BE

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

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