#3897B8#3897B8

#3897B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3897B8
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -16.96, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 30.41, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0707 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.1 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3457, 26.4323, 49.3151)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3897B8 #B85938

analogous

#38B899 #3897B8 #3857B8

triadic

#3897B8 #B83897 #97B838

tetradic

#3897B8 #9938B8 #B85938 #57B838

square

#3897B8 #9938B8 #B85938 #57B838

split-complementary

#3897B8 #B83857 #B89938

monochromatic

#1B4A5A #2A7089 #3897B8 #5FB2CE #8EC8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3897B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3897B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897B8

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3897B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3897B8	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3897b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5cd',
    500: '#3897b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3897b8;
$custom-light: #7fb5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3897b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63476,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3897B8

secondary

#C79685

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897B8

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

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