#3C97CC#3C97CC

#3C97CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97CC
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -9.70, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 36.35, 254.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0614 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.116 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8249, 27.4509, 61.1579)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97CC #CC713C

analogous

#3CCCB9 #3C97CC #3C4FCC

triadic

#3C97CC #CC3C97 #97CC3C

tetradic

#3C97CC #B93CCC #CC713C #4FCC3C

square

#3C97CC #B93CCC #CC713C #4FCC3C

split-complementary

#3C97CC #CC3C4F #CCB93C

monochromatic

#1D5270 #2A75A1 #3C97CC #6DB1D9 #9DCBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#3C97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#3C97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97CC

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97CC	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5db',
    500: '#3c97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97cc;
$custom-light: #83b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97CC

secondary

#D1AA92

accent

#7F46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97CC

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

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