#3C97AA#3C97AA

#3C97AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.089 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97AA
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -20.80, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 27.46, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0741 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.089 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1828, 25.9940, 41.9761)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97AA #AA4F3C

analogous

#3CAA86 #3C97AA #3C60AA

triadic

#3C97AA #AA3C97 #97AA3C

tetradic

#3C97AA #863CAA #AA4F3C #60AA3C

square

#3C97AA #863CAA #AA4F3C #60AA3C

split-complementary

#3C97AA #AA3C60 #AA863C

monochromatic

#1C4750 #2C6F7D #3C97AA #5DB4C6 #8BC9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3C97AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#3C97AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97AA

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97AA	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.089 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5c3',
    500: '#3c97aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97aa;
$custom-light: #7eb5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63002,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97AA

secondary

#C08C81

accent

#6850D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97AA

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

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