#3B97A5#3B97A5

#3B97A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.088 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97A5
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -22.52, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 27.27, 214.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0767 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.088 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6589, 25.7775, 39.5295)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97A5 #A5493B

analogous

#3BA57E #3B97A5 #3B62A5

triadic

#3B97A5 #A53B97 #97A53B

tetradic

#3B97A5 #7E3BA5 #A5493B #62A53B

square

#3B97A5 #7E3BA5 #A5493B #62A53B

split-complementary

#3B97A5 #A53B62 #A57E3B

monochromatic

#1B444B #2B6E78 #3B97A5 #59B6C4 #86CAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3B97A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3B97A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97A5

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97A5	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.088 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6bf',
    500: '#3b97a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97a5;
$custom-light: #7db6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62769,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97A5

secondary

#BE867E

accent

#6351D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97A5

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

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