#3A97BE#3A97BE

#3A97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.104 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A97BE
RGB	rgb(58, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -14.69, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 31.77, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0674 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.104 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1021, 26.7480, 52.7033)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A97BE #BE613A

analogous

#3ABEA3 #3A97BE #3A55BE

triadic

#3A97BE #BE3A97 #97BE3A

tetradic

#3A97BE #A33ABE #BE613A #55BE3A

square

#3A97BE #A33ABE #BE613A #55BE3A

split-complementary

#3A97BE #BE3A55 #BEA33A

monochromatic

#1D4C60 #2C728F #3A97BE #65B0D0 #94C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3A97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3A97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A97BE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A97BE	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)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.104 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5d1',
    500: '#3a97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a97be;
$custom-light: #80b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A97BE

secondary

#CA9D8A

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A97BE

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

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