#3E97B9#3E97B9

#3E97B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.098 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97B9
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -15.70, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 29.92, 238.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.067 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.098 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8067, 26.6578, 49.8858)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97B9 #B9603E

analogous

#3EB99D #3E97B9 #3E59B9

triadic

#3E97B9 #B93E97 #97B93E

tetradic

#3E97B9 #9D3EB9 #B9603E #59B93E

square

#3E97B9 #9D3EB9 #B9603E #59B93E

split-complementary

#3E97B9 #B93E59 #B99D3E

monochromatic

#1F4C5D #2F728B #3E97B9 #68B1CC #96C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3E97B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#3E97B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97B9

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97B9	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.098 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5ce',
    500: '#3e97b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97b9;
$custom-light: #81b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63707,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97B9

secondary

#C79C8C

accent

#754ED9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97B9

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

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