#3897BD#3897BD

#3897BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.104 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3897BD
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -15.31, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 31.70, 241.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0689 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.104 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8791, 26.6456, 52.1243)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3897BD #BD5E38

analogous

#38BDA0 #3897BD #3854BD

triadic

#3897BD #BD3897 #97BD38

tetradic

#3897BD #A038BD #BD5E38 #54BD38

square

#3897BD #A038BD #BD5E38 #54BD38

split-complementary

#3897BD #BD3854 #BDA038

monochromatic

#1C4C5F #2A718E #3897BD #62B1D0 #91C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3897BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#3897BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897BD

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3897BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3897BD	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3897bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.104 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5d1',
    500: '#3897bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3897bd;
$custom-light: #7fb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3897bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63702,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3897BD

secondary

#C99A87

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897BD

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

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