#34A3CD#34A3CD

#34A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#34A3CD
RGB	rgb(52, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -16.99, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 34.77, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0768 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.115 228)
XYZ	xyz(25.5283, 31.3292, 62.4475)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#34A3CD #CD5E34

analogous

#34CDAB #34A3CD #3456CD

triadic

#34A3CD #CD34A3 #A3CD34

tetradic

#34A3CD #AB34CD #CD5E34 #56CD34

square

#34A3CD #AB34CD #CD5E34 #56CD34

split-complementary

#34A3CD #CD3456 #CDAB34

monochromatic

#1B566C #277D9D #34A3CD #65B9D9 #96D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#34A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#34A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #34A3CD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##34A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##34A3CD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #34a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bedc',
    500: '#34a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #34a3cd;
$custom-light: #81bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#34a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.31332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#34A3CD

secondary

#D19F8C

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #34A3CD

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

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