#3C97AB#3C97AB

#3C97AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.090 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97AB
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -20.49, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 27.56, 221.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0737 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.09 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2777, 26.0320, 42.4762)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97AB #AB503C

analogous

#3CAB88 #3C97AB #3C5FAB

triadic

#3C97AB #AB3C97 #97AB3C

tetradic

#3C97AB #883CAB #AB503C #5FAB3C

square

#3C97AB #883CAB #AB503C #5FAB3C

split-complementary

#3C97AB #AB3C5F #AB883C

monochromatic

#1C4750 #2C6F7E #3C97AB #5EB4C6 #8BC9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3C97AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#3C97AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97AB

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97AB	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.090 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c4',
    500: '#3c97ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97ab;
$custom-light: #7fb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.811,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97AB

secondary

#C18D82

accent

#6950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97AB

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

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