#3C97BE#3C97BE

#3C97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.103 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97BE
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -14.38, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 31.55, 242.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0663 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.103 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2206, 26.8091, 52.7088)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97BE #BE633C

analogous

#3CBEA4 #3C97BE #3C56BE

triadic

#3C97BE #BE3C97 #97BE3C

tetradic

#3C97BE #A43CBE #BE633C #56BE3C

square

#3C97BE #A43CBE #BE633C #56BE3C

split-complementary

#3C97BE #BE3C56 #BEA43C

monochromatic

#1F4D61 #2D728F #3C97BE #68B0CF #96C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3C97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3C97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97BE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97BE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.103 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d1',
    500: '#3c97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97be;
$custom-light: #81b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97BE

secondary

#CA9F8C

accent

#774CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97BE

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

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