#3C97AD#3C97AD

#3C97AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.091 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97AD
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -19.86, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 27.81, 224.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0729 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.091 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4698, 26.1088, 43.4878)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97AD #AD523C

analogous

#3CAD8A #3C97AD #3C5FAD

triadic

#3C97AD #AD3C97 #97AD3C

tetradic

#3C97AD #8A3CAD #AD523C #5FAD3C

square

#3C97AD #8A3CAD #AD523C #5FAD3C

split-complementary

#3C97AD #AD3C5F #AD8A3C

monochromatic

#1C4852 #2C6F80 #3C97AD #5FB3C7 #8CC9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3C97AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3C97AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97AD

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97AD	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.091 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c5',
    500: '#3c97ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97ad;
$custom-light: #7fb5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.681,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63126,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97AD

secondary

#C28F83

accent

#6A50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97AD

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

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