#3B97BF#3B97BF

#3B97BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97BF
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -14.21, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 31.96, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0665 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.104 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2705, 26.8221, 53.2836)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97BF #BF633B

analogous

#3BBFA5 #3B97BF #3B55BF

triadic

#3B97BF #BF3B97 #97BF3B

tetradic

#3B97BF #A53BBF #BF633B #55BF3B

square

#3B97BF #A53BBF #BF633B #55BF3B

split-complementary

#3B97BF #BF3B55 #BFA53B

monochromatic

#1E4D61 #2D7290 #3B97BF #67B0D0 #96C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3B97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3B97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97BF

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97BF	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)

#8395C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d2',
    500: '#3b97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97bf;
$custom-light: #81b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63884,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97BF

secondary

#CA9F8C

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97BF

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

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