#3B97C3#3B97C3

#3B97C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97C3
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -12.87, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 33.22, 247.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0651 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.108 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7167, 27.0006, 55.6336)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97C3 #C3673B

analogous

#3BC3AB #3B97C3 #3B53C3

triadic

#3B97C3 #C33B97 #97C33B

tetradic

#3B97C3 #AB3BC3 #C3673B #53C33B

square

#3B97C3 #AB3BC3 #C3673B #53C33B

split-complementary

#3B97C3 #C33B53 #C3AB3B

monochromatic

#1F4E65 #2D7394 #3B97C3 #69B0D2 #98C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3B97C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3B97C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97C3

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97C3	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F88C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d5',
    500: '#3b97c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97c3;
$custom-light: #81b5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97C3

secondary

#CCA28E

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97C3

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

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