#3E96C4#3E96C4

#3E96C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E96C4
RGB	rgb(62, 150, 196)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -11.53, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 33.49, 249.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.062 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.108 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8529, 26.8199, 56.1862)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E96C4 #C46C3E

analogous

#3EC4AF #3E96C4 #3E53C4

triadic

#3E96C4 #C43E96 #96C43E

tetradic

#3E96C4 #AF3EC4 #C46C3E #53C43E

square

#3E96C4 #AF3EC4 #C46C3E #53C43E

split-complementary

#3E96C4 #C43E53 #C4AF3E

monochromatic

#204F68 #2E7397 #3E96C4 #6DAFD2 #9CC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3E96C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3E96C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E96C4

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E96C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E96C4	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e96c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 150, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b4d6',
    500: '#3e96c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e96c4;
$custom-light: #83b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e96c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E96C4

secondary

#CDA691

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E96C4

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

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