#3B97AE#3B97AE

#3B97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.092 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97AE
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -19.71, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 28.10, 225.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.073 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.092 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5071, 26.1168, 43.9965)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97AE #AE523B

analogous

#3BAE8B #3B97AE #3B5DAE

triadic

#3B97AE #AE3B97 #97AE3B

tetradic

#3B97AE #8B3BAE #AE523B #5DAE3B

square

#3B97AE #8B3BAE #AE523B #5DAE3B

split-complementary

#3B97AE #AE3B5D #AE8B3B

monochromatic

#1C4853 #2C6F80 #3B97AE #5EB3C8 #8CC9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3B97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3B97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97AE

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97AE	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.092 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5c6',
    500: '#3b97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97ae;
$custom-light: #7eb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63136,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97AE

secondary

#C28F82

accent

#6B4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97AE

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

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