#3897BB#3897BB

#3897BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3897BB
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -15.98, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 31.16, 239.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0696 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.102 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6635, 26.5594, 50.9888)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3897BB #BB5C38

analogous

#38BB9E #3897BB #3855BB

triadic

#3897BB #BB3897 #97BB38

tetradic

#3897BB #9E38BB #BB5C38 #55BB38

square

#3897BB #9E38BB #BB5C38 #55BB38

split-complementary

#3897BB #BB3855 #BB9E38

monochromatic

#1C4B5D #2A718C #3897BB #61B1D0 #90C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#3897BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#3897BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897BB

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3897BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3897BB	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3897bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5cf',
    500: '#3897bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3897bb;
$custom-light: #7fb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3897bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3897BB

secondary

#C89986

accent

#734BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897BB

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

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