#3C97D8#3C97D8

#3C97D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.129 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C97D8
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -5.58, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 41.27, 262.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0576 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.129 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3200, 28.0489, 69.0320)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C97D8 #D87D3C

analogous

#3CD8CB #3C97D8 #3C49D8

triadic

#3C97D8 #D83C97 #97D83C

tetradic

#3C97D8 #CB3CD8 #D87D3C #49D83C

square

#3C97D8 #CB3CD8 #D87D3C #49D83C

split-complementary

#3C97D8 #D83C49 #D8CB3C

monochromatic

#1A5580 #2477B3 #3C97D8 #6FB2E2 #A2CDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3C97D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#3C97D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C97D8

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C97D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C97D8	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7999DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c97d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.129 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5e4',
    500: '#3c97d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c97d8;
$custom-light: #85b5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c97d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65145,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C97D8

secondary

#D9B297

accent

#863EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C97D8

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

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