#3E97B3#3E97B3

#3E97B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.093 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97B3
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -17.63, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 28.52, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0693 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.093 222)
XYZ	xyz(21.1866, 26.4098, 46.6201)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97B3 #B35A3E

analogous

#3EB395 #3E97B3 #3E5CB3

triadic

#3E97B3 #B33E97 #97B33E

tetradic

#3E97B3 #953EB3 #B35A3E #5CB33E

square

#3E97B3 #953EB3 #B35A3E #5CB33E

split-complementary

#3E97B3 #B33E5C #B3953E

monochromatic

#1F4A58 #2E7186 #3E97B3 #65B1CA #92C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3E97B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#3E97B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97B3

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97B3	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.093 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5c9',
    500: '#3e97b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97b3;
$custom-light: #80b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.26412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97B3

secondary

#C59788

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97B3

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

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