#3897CD#3897CD

#3897CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.119 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3897CD
RGBrgb(56, 151, 205)
HSLhsl(202, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(202, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(59.32, -9.91, -35.71)
CIE-LCHlch(59.32, 37.06, 254.49°)
OKLaboklab(64.47% -0.0633 -0.1007)
OKLCHoklch(64.47% 0.119 237.9)
XYZxyz(23.7126, 27.3790, 61.7807)
Luminance0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3897CD #CD6E38
analogous
#38CDB8 #3897CD #384CCD
triadic
#3897CD #CD3897 #97CD38
tetradic
#3897CD #B838CD #CD6E38 #4CCD38
square
#3897CD #B838CD #CD6E38 #4CCD38
split-complementary
#3897CD #CD384C #CDB838
monochromatic
#1C516F #2874A0 #3897CD #69B1D9 #9ACAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24
#3897CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48
#3897CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3897CD
6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3897CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3897CD1.003.246.486.48
#FFFFFF3.241.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4821.001.001.00
##0000006.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D97CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6988CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A5AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3897cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.119 237.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5dc',
    500: '#3897cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3897cd;
$custom-light: #82b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3897cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.745,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64467,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3897CD
secondary
#D1A78F
accent
#7E45E3
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1115
muted
#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3897CD

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#3897CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva