#3B97A4#3B97A4

#3B97A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.087 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97A4
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 164)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -22.82, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 27.24, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0772 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.088 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5683, 25.7413, 39.0520)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97A4 #A4483B

analogous

#3BA47C #3B97A4 #3B62A4

triadic

#3B97A4 #A43B97 #97A43B

tetradic

#3B97A4 #7C3BA4 #A4483B #62A43B

square

#3B97A4 #7C3BA4 #A4483B #62A43B

split-complementary

#3B97A4 #A43B62 #A47C3B

monochromatic

#1B444A #2B6E77 #3B97A4 #59B6C3 #86CAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#3B97A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#3B97A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97A4

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97A4	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.087 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6bf',
    500: '#3b97a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97a4;
$custom-light: #7db6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6273,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97A4

secondary

#BE857D

accent

#6251D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97A4

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

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