#3E96BC#3E96BC

#3E96BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E96BC
RGB	rgb(62, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -14.18, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 30.89, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0649 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.101 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9665, 26.4653, 51.5178)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E96BC #BC643E

analogous

#3EBCA3 #3E96BC #3E57BC

triadic

#3E96BC #BC3E96 #96BC3E

tetradic

#3E96BC #A33EBC #BC643E #57BC3E

square

#3E96BC #A33EBC #BC643E #57BC3E

split-complementary

#3E96BC #BC3E57 #BCA33E

monochromatic

#204D60 #2F718E #3E96BC #6AAFCE #98C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3E96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3E96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E96BC

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E96BC	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b4d0',
    500: '#3e96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e96bc;
$custom-light: #81b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63603,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E96BC

secondary

#C99F8D

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E96BC

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

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