#3B97BC#3B97BC

#3B97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97BC
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -15.20, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 31.09, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0676 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.102 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9437, 26.6914, 51.5627)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97BC #BC603B

analogous

#3BBCA0 #3B97BC #3B56BC

triadic

#3B97BC #BC3B97 #97BC3B

tetradic

#3B97BC #A03BBC #BC603B #56BC3B

square

#3B97BC #A03BBC #BC603B #56BC3B

split-complementary

#3B97BC #BC3B56 #BCA03B

monochromatic

#1E4C5F #2C728D #3B97BC #65B1CF #94C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3B97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#3B97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97BC

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97BC	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5d0',
    500: '#3b97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97bc;
$custom-light: #80b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63747,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97BC

secondary

#C99C8A

accent

#754CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97BC

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

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