#3B97A2#3B97A2

#3B97A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.087 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97A2
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 162)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -23.43, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 27.21, 210.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.078 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.087 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3891, 25.6696, 38.1083)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97A2 #A2463B

analogous

#3BA279 #3B97A2 #3B63A2

triadic

#3B97A2 #A23B97 #97A23B

tetradic

#3B97A2 #793BA2 #A2463B #63A23B

square

#3B97A2 #793BA2 #A2463B #63A23B

split-complementary

#3B97A2 #A23B63 #A2793B

monochromatic

#1A4348 #2B6D75 #3B97A2 #58B7C2 #85CAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#3B97A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#3B97A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97A2

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97A2	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.087 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6bd',
    500: '#3b97a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97a2;
$custom-light: #7db6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.408,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62652,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97A2

secondary

#BD837C

accent

#6052D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97A2

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

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