#3C97BF#3C97BF

#3C97BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97BF
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -14.05, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 31.85, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.066 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.104 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3303, 26.8530, 53.2864)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97BF #BF643C

analogous

#3CBFA6 #3C97BF #3C55BF

triadic

#3C97BF #BF3C97 #97BF3C

tetradic

#3C97BF #A63CBF #BF643C #55BF3C

square

#3C97BF #A63CBF #BF643C #55BF3C

split-complementary

#3C97BF #BF3C55 #BFA63C

monochromatic

#1F4D62 #2D7290 #3C97BF #68B0D0 #97C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3C97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3C97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97BF

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97BF	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d2',
    500: '#3c97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97bf;
$custom-light: #81b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63915,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97BF

secondary

#CAA08D

accent

#784CDC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97BF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →