#3C97B2#3C97B2

#3C97B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.094 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97B2
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -18.28, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 28.61, 230.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0709 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.094 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9627, 26.3060, 46.0836)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97B2 #B2573C

analogous

#3CB292 #3C97B2 #3C5CB2

triadic

#3C97B2 #B23C97 #97B23C

tetradic

#3C97B2 #923CB2 #B2573C #5CB23C

square

#3C97B2 #923CB2 #B2573C #5CB23C

split-complementary

#3C97B2 #B23C5C #B2923C

monochromatic

#1D4956 #2D7084 #3C97B2 #61B2CA #8FC8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3C97B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#3C97B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97B2

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97B2	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.094 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c9',
    500: '#3c97b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97b2;
$custom-light: #7fb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63337,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97B2

secondary

#C49486

accent

#6E4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97B2

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

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