#3B97AB#3B97AB

#3B97AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.090 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97AB
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -20.66, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 27.72, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0742 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.09 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2179, 26.0011, 42.4734)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97AB #AB4F3B

analogous

#3BAB87 #3B97AB #3B5FAB

triadic

#3B97AB #AB3B97 #97AB3B

tetradic

#3B97AB #873BAB #AB4F3B #5FAB3B

square

#3B97AB #873BAB #AB4F3B #5FAB3B

split-complementary

#3B97AB #AB3B5F #AB873B

monochromatic

#1C4750 #2B6F7D #3B97AB #5CB4C7 #8AC9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3B97AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#3B97AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97AB

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97AB	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.090 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5c4',
    500: '#3b97ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97ab;
$custom-light: #7eb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97AB

secondary

#C18C81

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97AB

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

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