#3897B6#3897B6

#3897B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3897B6
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -17.62, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 29.95, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0715 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.098 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1376, 26.3490, 48.2188)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3897B6 #B65738

analogous

#38B696 #3897B6 #3858B6

triadic

#3897B6 #B63897 #97B638

tetradic

#3897B6 #9638B6 #B65738 #58B638

square

#3897B6 #9638B6 #B65738 #58B638

split-complementary

#3897B6 #B63858 #B69638

monochromatic

#1B4958 #2A7087 #3897B6 #5EB2CD #8DC8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3897B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3897B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897B6

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3897B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3897B6	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7487B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3897b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5cc',
    500: '#3897b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3897b6;
$custom-light: #7eb5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3897b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3897B6

secondary

#C69484

accent

#6F4BDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897B6

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

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