#3B97CB#3B97CB

#3B97CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97CB
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(202, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -10.18, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 36.05, 253.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0623 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.116 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6455, 27.3722, 60.5255)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97CB #CB6F3B

analogous

#3BCBB7 #3B97CB #3B4FCB

triadic

#3B97CB #CB3B97 #97CB3B

tetradic

#3B97CB #B73BCB #CB6F3B #4FCB3B

square

#3B97CB #B73BCB #CB6F3B #4FCB3B

split-complementary

#3B97CB #CB3B4F #CBB73B

monochromatic

#1D516E #2A759F #3B97CB #6BB1D8 #9CCAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3B97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#3B97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97CB

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97CB	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5db',
    500: '#3b97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97cb;
$custom-light: #82b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64456,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97CB

secondary

#D1A891

accent

#7E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97CB

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

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