#3897BF#3897BF

#3897BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3897BF
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -14.65, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 32.28, 243.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0681 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.106 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0977, 26.7331, 53.2755)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3897BF #BF6038

analogous

#38BFA3 #3897BF #3853BF

triadic

#3897BF #BF3897 #97BF38

tetradic

#3897BF #A338BF #BF6038 #53BF38

square

#3897BF #A338BF #BF6038 #53BF38

split-complementary

#3897BF #BF3853 #BFA338

monochromatic

#1C4C60 #2A7290 #3897BF #63B1D1 #92C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3897BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3897BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897BF

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3897BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3897BF	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8295C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3897bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5d2',
    500: '#3897bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3897bf;
$custom-light: #80b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3897bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63794,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3897BF

secondary

#CA9C89

accent

#764ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897BF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →