#3C97CF#3C97CF

#3C97CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.119 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97CF
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -8.67, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 37.53, 256.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0605 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.119 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1882, 27.5962, 63.0712)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97CF #CF743C

analogous

#3CCFBD #3C97CF #3C4ECF

triadic

#3C97CF #CF3C97 #97CF3C

tetradic

#3C97CF #BD3CCF #CF743C #4ECF3C

square

#3C97CF #BD3CCF #CF743C #4ECF3C

split-complementary

#3C97CF #CF3C4E #CFBD3C

monochromatic

#1D5374 #2976A5 #3C97CF #6DB1DB #9ECBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3C97CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#3C97CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97CF

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97CF	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6989CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.119 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5de',
    500: '#3c97cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97cf;
$custom-light: #83b5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64685,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97CF

secondary

#D3AC93

accent

#8144E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97CF

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

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