#3E97B4#3E97B4

#3E97B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.094 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97B4
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -17.31, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 28.73, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0689 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.094 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2881, 26.4504, 47.1547)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97B4 #B45B3E

analogous

#3EB496 #3E97B4 #3E5CB4

triadic

#3E97B4 #B43E97 #97B43E

tetradic

#3E97B4 #963EB4 #B45B3E #5CB43E

square

#3E97B4 #963EB4 #B45B3E #5CB43E

split-complementary

#3E97B4 #B43E5C #B4963E

monochromatic

#1F4B59 #2E7186 #3E97B4 #65B1CA #93C8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3E97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3E97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97B4

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97B4	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8694B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.094 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5ca',
    500: '#3e97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97b4;
$custom-light: #80b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.746,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63487,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97B4

secondary

#C59889

accent

#714FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97B4

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

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