#3B97CC#3B97CC

#3B97CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.117 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97CC
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -9.84, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 36.43, 254.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.062 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.117 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7651, 27.4200, 61.1551)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97CC #CC703B

analogous

#3BCCB9 #3B97CC #3B4FCC

triadic

#3B97CC #CC3B97 #97CC3B

tetradic

#3B97CC #B93BCC #CC703B #4FCC3B

square

#3B97CC #B93BCC #CC703B #4FCC3B

split-complementary

#3B97CC #CC3B4F #CCB93B

monochromatic

#1D5170 #2A75A0 #3B97CC #6CB1D9 #9CCBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3B97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#3B97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97CC

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97CC	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)

#7E97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.117 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5db',
    500: '#3b97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97cc;
$custom-light: #83b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.931,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64505,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97CC

secondary

#D1A992

accent

#7F46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97CC

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

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