#3C97BD#3C97BD

#3C97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97BD
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -14.71, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 31.26, 241.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0667 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.102 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1117, 26.7656, 52.1352)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97BD #BD623C

analogous

#3CBDA3 #3C97BD #3C57BD

triadic

#3C97BD #BD3C97 #97BD3C

tetradic

#3C97BD #A33CBD #BD623C #57BD3C

square

#3C97BD #A33CBD #BD623C #57BD3C

split-complementary

#3C97BD #BD3C57 #BDA33C

monochromatic

#1F4D60 #2D728F #3C97BD #67B0CF #96C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3C97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3C97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97BD

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97BD	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d1',
    500: '#3c97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97bd;
$custom-light: #81b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97BD

secondary

#C99E8C

accent

#774DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97BD

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

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