#3E97B2#3E97B2

#3E97B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.093 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97B2
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -17.95, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 28.33, 230.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0697 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.093 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0858, 26.3695, 46.0894)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97B2 #B2593E

analogous

#3EB293 #3E97B2 #3E5DB2

triadic

#3E97B2 #B23E97 #97B23E

tetradic

#3E97B2 #933EB2 #B2593E #5DB23E

square

#3E97B2 #933EB2 #B2593E #5DB23E

split-complementary

#3E97B2 #B23E5D #B2933E

monochromatic

#1E4A57 #2E7085 #3E97B2 #64B2C9 #92C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#3E97B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#3E97B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97B2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97B2	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.093 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5c9',
    500: '#3e97b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97b2;
$custom-light: #80b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63401,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97B2

secondary

#C49688

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97B2

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

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