#3499BF#3499BF

#3499BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3499BF
RGB	rgb(52, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -16.29, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 32.39, 239.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0722 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.107 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2076, 27.2715, 53.3736)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3499BF #BF5A34

analogous

#34BFA0 #3499BF #3453BF

triadic

#3499BF #BF3499 #99BF34

tetradic

#3499BF #A034BF #BF5A34 #53BF34

square

#3499BF #A034BF #BF5A34 #53BF34

split-complementary

#3499BF #BF3453 #BFA034

monochromatic

#1A4C5F #27728F #3499BF #5DB3D3 #8DC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3499BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#3499BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3499BF

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3499BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3499BF	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#8596C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3499bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7d2',
    500: '#3499bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3499bf;
$custom-light: #7eb7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3499bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3499BF

secondary

#CA9884

accent

#7147E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3499BF

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

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