#3C97C4#3C97C4

#3C97C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97C4
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -12.39, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 33.45, 248.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0642 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.108 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8900, 27.0769, 56.2339)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97C4 #C4693C

analogous

#3CC4AD #3C97C4 #3C53C4

triadic

#3C97C4 #C43C97 #97C43C

tetradic

#3C97C4 #AD3CC4 #C4693C #53C43C

square

#3C97C4 #AD3CC4 #C4693C #53C43C

split-complementary

#3C97C4 #C43C53 #C4AD3C

monochromatic

#1F4F67 #2D7396 #3C97C4 #6BB0D2 #9AC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3C97C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#3C97C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97C4

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97C4	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E88C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5d6',
    500: '#3c97c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97c4;
$custom-light: #82b5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64149,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97C4

secondary

#CCA490

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97C4

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

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