#3B97AF#3B97AF

#3B97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.092 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97AF
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -19.40, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 28.24, 226.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0726 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.092 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6049, 26.1559, 44.5118)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97AF #AF533B

analogous

#3BAF8D #3B97AF #3B5DAF

triadic

#3B97AF #AF3B97 #97AF3B

tetradic

#3B97AF #8D3BAF #AF533B #5DAF3B

square

#3B97AF #8D3BAF #AF533B #5DAF3B

split-complementary

#3B97AF #AF3B5D #AF8D3B

monochromatic

#1C4853 #2C7081 #3B97AF #5EB3C9 #8CC9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3B97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3B97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97AF

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97AF	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.092 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c7',
    500: '#3b97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97af;
$custom-light: #7fb5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63178,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97AF

secondary

#C39083

accent

#6B4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97AF

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

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