#3E96D6#3E96D6

#3E96D6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.127 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E96D6
RGB	rgb(62, 150, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 29.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -5.42, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 40.65, 262.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0562 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.127 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0259, 27.6891, 67.6309)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E96D6 #D67E3E

analogous

#3ED6CA #3E96D6 #3E4AD6

triadic

#3E96D6 #D63E96 #96D63E

tetradic

#3E96D6 #CA3ED6 #D67E3E #4AD63E

square

#3E96D6 #CA3ED6 #D67E3E #4AD63E

split-complementary

#3E96D6 #D63E4A #D6CA3E

monochromatic

#1B557F #2676B1 #3E96D6 #70B1E1 #A3CDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3E96D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#3E96D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E96D6

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E96D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E96D6	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e96d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 150, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.127 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4e3',
    500: '#3e96d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e96d6;
$custom-light: #85b4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e96d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64873,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E96D6

secondary

#D8B398

accent

#8740E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E96D6

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

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