#3897BC#3897BC

#3897BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3897BC
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -15.65, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 31.43, 240.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0692 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.103 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7709, 26.6024, 51.5546)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3897BC #BC5D38

analogous

#38BC9F #3897BC #3855BC

triadic

#3897BC #BC3897 #97BC38

tetradic

#3897BC #9F38BC #BC5D38 #55BC38

square

#3897BC #9F38BC #BC5D38 #55BC38

split-complementary

#3897BC #BC3855 #BC9F38

monochromatic

#1C4B5E #2A718D #3897BC #61B1D0 #90C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3897BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#3897BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897BC

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3897BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3897BC	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3897bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d0',
    500: '#3897bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3897bc;
$custom-light: #7fb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3897bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63656,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3897BC

secondary

#C99987

accent

#744ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897BC

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

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