#3E96C8#3E96C8

#3E96C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.112 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E96C8
RGB	rgb(62, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -10.19, -33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 34.94, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0606 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.112 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3142, 27.0044, 58.6160)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E96C8 #C8703E

analogous

#3EC8B5 #3E96C8 #3E51C8

triadic

#3E96C8 #C83E96 #96C83E

tetradic

#3E96C8 #B53EC8 #C8703E #51C83E

square

#3E96C8 #B53EC8 #C8703E #51C83E

split-complementary

#3E96C8 #C83E51 #C8B53E

monochromatic

#1F506D #2D749C #3E96C8 #6EB0D6 #9DCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3E96C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3E96C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E96C8

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E96C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E96C8	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e96c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.112 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b4d9',
    500: '#3e96c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e96c8;
$custom-light: #83b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e96c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E96C8

secondary

#CFA992

accent

#7F49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E96C8

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

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