#34AEC8#34AEC8

#34AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#34AEC8
RGB	rgb(52, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -24.36, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 33.36, 223.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0894 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.11 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9731, 35.1691, 59.9991)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#34AEC8 #C84E34

analogous

#34C898 #34AEC8 #3464C8

triadic

#34AEC8 #C834AE #AEC834

tetradic

#34AEC8 #9834C8 #C84E34 #64C834

square

#34AEC8 #9834C8 #C84E34 #64C834

split-complementary

#34AEC8 #C83464 #C89834

monochromatic

#1B5967 #278497 #34AEC8 #63C2D6 #93D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#34AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#34AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #34AEC8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##34AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##34AEC8	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #34aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d8',
    500: '#34aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #34aec8;
$custom-light: #81c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#34aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69618,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#34AEC8

secondary

#CE968A

accent

#6146E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #34AEC8

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

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