#3B97DE#3B97DE

#3B97DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.137 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B97DE
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -3.62, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 43.98, 265.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0564 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.137 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0500, 28.3340, 73.1892)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B97DE #DE823B

analogous

#3BDED4 #3B97DE #3B45DE

triadic

#3B97DE #DE3B97 #97DE3B

tetradic

#3B97DE #D43BDE #DE823B #45DE3B

square

#3B97DE #D43BDE #DE823B #45DE3B

split-complementary

#3B97DE #DE3B45 #DED43B

monochromatic

#175788 #2078BC #3B97DE #6FB3E7 #A4CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3B97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#3B97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B97DE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B97DE	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7699E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.137 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5e8',
    500: '#3b97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b97de;
$custom-light: #85b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.135,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65432,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B97DE

secondary

#DDB698

accent

#883AEE

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B97DE

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

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