#3B97CA#3B97CA

#3B97CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97CA
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -10.52, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 35.68, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0627 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.115 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5267, 27.3247, 59.8999)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97CA #CA6E3B

analogous

#3BCAB6 #3B97CA #3B4FCA

triadic

#3B97CA #CA3B97 #97CA3B

tetradic

#3B97CA #B63BCA #CA6E3B #4FCA3B

square

#3B97CA #B63BCA #CA6E3B #4FCA3B

split-complementary

#3B97CA #CA3B4F #CAB63B

monochromatic

#1E516D #2B749D #3B97CA #6BB1D7 #9BCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3B97CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3B97CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97CA

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97CA	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5da',
    500: '#3b97ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97ca;
$custom-light: #82b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97CA

secondary

#D0A791

accent

#7E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97CA

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

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