#3C97BA#3C97BA

#3C97BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97BA
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -15.70, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 30.43, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0678 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.1 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7895, 26.6367, 50.4379)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97BA #BA5F3C

analogous

#3CBA9E #3C97BA #3C58BA

triadic

#3C97BA #BA3C97 #97BA3C

tetradic

#3C97BA #9E3CBA #BA5F3C #58BA3C

square

#3C97BA #9E3CBA #BA5F3C #58BA3C

split-complementary

#3C97BA #BA3C58 #BA9E3C

monochromatic

#1E4C5D #2D718C #3C97BA #66B1CE #94C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3C97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#3C97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97BA

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97BA	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5ce',
    500: '#3c97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97ba;
$custom-light: #80b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97BA

secondary

#C89B8A

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97BA

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

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