#34B8DB#34B8DB

#34B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#34B8DB
RGB	rgb(52, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -23.36, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 36.17, 229.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0916 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.12 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3375, 40.1217, 73.0967)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#34B8DB #DB5734

analogous

#34DBAA #34B8DB #3464DB

triadic

#34B8DB #DB34B8 #B8DB34

tetradic

#34B8DB #AA34DB #DB5734 #64DB34

square

#34B8DB #AA34DB #DB5734 #64DB34

split-complementary

#34B8DB #DB3464 #DBAA34

monochromatic

#16687E #2093B2 #34B8DB #68CAE4 #9CDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#34B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#34B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #34B8DB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##34B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##34B8DB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #34b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde6',
    500: '#34b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #34b8db;
$custom-light: #85cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#34b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.575,
    "s": 69.874,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#34B8DB

secondary

#D9A091

accent

#603BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #34B8DB

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

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