#3B97C8#3B97C8

#3B97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97C8
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -11.19, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 34.95, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0633 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.113 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2915, 27.2306, 58.6609)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97C8 #C86C3B

analogous

#3BC8B2 #3B97C8 #3B50C8

triadic

#3B97C8 #C83B97 #97C83B

tetradic

#3B97C8 #B23BC8 #C86C3B #50C83B

square

#3B97C8 #B23BC8 #C86C3B #50C83B

split-complementary

#3B97C8 #C83B50 #C8B23B

monochromatic

#1E506B #2B749A #3B97C8 #6BB0D5 #9BCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3B97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#3B97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97C8

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97C8	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5d9',
    500: '#3b97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97c8;
$custom-light: #82b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64309,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97C8

secondary

#CFA690

accent

#7D48DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97C8

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

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