#3C97BC#3C97BC

#3C97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97BC
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -15.04, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 30.97, 240.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0671 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.101 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0036, 26.7223, 51.5655)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97BC #BC613C

analogous

#3CBCA1 #3C97BC #3C57BC

triadic

#3C97BC #BC3C97 #97BC3C

tetradic

#3C97BC #A13CBC #BC613C #57BC3C

square

#3C97BC #A13CBC #BC613C #57BC3C

split-complementary

#3C97BC #BC3C57 #BCA13C

monochromatic

#1E4C5F #2D728E #3C97BC #67B0CE #95C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3C97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#3C97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97BC

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97BC	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)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d0',
    500: '#3c97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97bc;
$custom-light: #81b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63778,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97BC

secondary

#C99D8B

accent

#764DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97BC

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

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