#3B97D6#3B97D6

#3B97D6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.127 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97D6
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -6.40, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 40.48, 260.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0588 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.127 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0031, 27.9152, 67.6757)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97D6 #D67A3B

analogous

#3BD6C7 #3B97D6 #3B49D6

triadic

#3B97D6 #D63B97 #97D63B

tetradic

#3B97D6 #C73BD6 #D67A3B #49D63B

square

#3B97D6 #C73BD6 #D67A3B #49D63B

split-complementary

#3B97D6 #D63B49 #D6C73B

monochromatic

#1A557D #2577AF #3B97D6 #6EB2E1 #A0CDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#3B97D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#3B97D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97D6

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97D6	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A98D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.127 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5e3',
    500: '#3b97d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97d6;
$custom-light: #84b5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.387,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97D6

secondary

#D8B095

accent

#843FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97D6

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

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