#3B97BA#3B97BA

#3B97BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97BA
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -15.85, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 30.55, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0684 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.1 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7296, 26.6058, 50.4351)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97BA #BA5E3B

analogous

#3BBA9D #3B97BA #3B58BA

triadic

#3B97BA #BA3B97 #97BA3B

tetradic

#3B97BA #9D3BBA #BA5E3B #58BA3B

square

#3B97BA #9D3BBA #BA5E3B #58BA3B

split-complementary

#3B97BA #BA3B58 #BA9D3B

monochromatic

#1E4C5D #2C718C #3B97BA #64B1CE #93C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3B97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#3B97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97BA

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97BA	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5ce',
    500: '#3b97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97ba;
$custom-light: #80b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63656,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97BA

secondary

#C89A89

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97BA

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

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