#3B97BE#3B97BE

#3B97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.103 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97BE
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -14.54, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 31.66, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0669 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.103 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1608, 26.7783, 52.7060)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97BE #BE623B

analogous

#3BBEA4 #3B97BE #3B56BE

triadic

#3B97BE #BE3B97 #97BE3B

tetradic

#3B97BE #A43BBE #BE623B #56BE3B

square

#3B97BE #A43BBE #BE623B #56BE3B

split-complementary

#3B97BE #BE3B56 #BEA43B

monochromatic

#1E4D61 #2C728F #3B97BE #67B0D0 #95C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3B97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3B97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97BE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97BE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.103 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d1',
    500: '#3b97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97be;
$custom-light: #81b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63838,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97BE

secondary

#CA9E8B

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97BE

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

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