#3C97AE#3C97AE

#3C97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.091 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97AE
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -19.55, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 27.95, 225.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0725 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.091 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5669, 26.1477, 43.9993)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97AE #AE533C

analogous

#3CAE8C #3C97AE #3C5EAE

triadic

#3C97AE #AE3C97 #97AE3C

tetradic

#3C97AE #8C3CAE #AE533C #5EAE3C

square

#3C97AE #8C3CAE #AE533C #5EAE3C

split-complementary

#3C97AE #AE3C5E #AE8C3C

monochromatic

#1D4853 #2C7080 #3C97AE #5FB3C8 #8DC9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3C97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3C97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97AE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97AE	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.091 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c6',
    500: '#3c97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97ae;
$custom-light: #7fb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63167,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97AE

secondary

#C29083

accent

#6B50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97AE

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

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