#3C97BB#3C97BB

#3C97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97BB
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -15.37, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 30.69, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0674 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.1 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8961, 26.6793, 50.9997)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97BB #BB603C

analogous

#3CBB9F #3C97BB #3C57BB

triadic

#3C97BB #BB3C97 #97BB3C

tetradic

#3C97BB #9F3CBB #BB603C #57BB3C

square

#3C97BB #9F3CBB #BB603C #57BB3C

split-complementary

#3C97BB #BB3C57 #BB9F3C

monochromatic

#1E4C5E #2D728D #3C97BB #66B1CE #95C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3C97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#3C97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97BB

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97BB	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5cf',
    500: '#3c97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97bb;
$custom-light: #81b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97BB

secondary

#C89C8B

accent

#754DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97BB

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

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