#3B97BB#3B97BB

#3B97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97BB
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -15.52, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 30.81, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.068 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.101 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8363, 26.6485, 50.9969)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97BB #BB5F3B

analogous

#3BBB9F #3B97BB #3B57BB

triadic

#3B97BB #BB3B97 #97BB3B

tetradic

#3B97BB #9F3BBB #BB5F3B #57BB3B

square

#3B97BB #9F3BBB #BB5F3B #57BB3B

split-complementary

#3B97BB #BB3B57 #BB9F3B

monochromatic

#1E4C5E #2C718C #3B97BB #65B1CE #93C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3B97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#3B97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97BB

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97BB	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5cf',
    500: '#3b97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97bb;
$custom-light: #80b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63701,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97BB

secondary

#C89B8A

accent

#754CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97BB

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

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