#3C97C9#3C97C9

#3C97C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.113 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97C9
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -10.71, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 35.22, 252.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0624 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.113 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4686, 27.3083, 59.2812)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97C9 #C96E3C

analogous

#3CC9B5 #3C97C9 #3C50C9

triadic

#3C97C9 #C93C97 #97C93C

tetradic

#3C97C9 #B53CC9 #C96E3C #50C93C

square

#3C97C9 #B53CC9 #C96E3C #50C93C

split-complementary

#3C97C9 #C93C50 #C9B53C

monochromatic

#1E516D #2B749C #3C97C9 #6CB1D6 #9CCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3C97C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#3C97C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97C9

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97C9	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.113 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5d9',
    500: '#3c97c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97c9;
$custom-light: #82b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64389,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97C9

secondary

#D0A791

accent

#7E48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97C9

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

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