#3E97BB#3E97BB

#3E97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97BB
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -15.05, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 30.45, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0663 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.099 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0193, 26.7428, 51.0055)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97BB #BB623E

analogous

#3EBBA1 #3E97BB #3E59BB

triadic

#3E97BB #BB3E97 #97BB3E

tetradic

#3E97BB #A13EBB #BB623E #59BB3E

square

#3E97BB #A13EBB #BB623E #59BB3E

split-complementary

#3E97BB #BB3E59 #BBA13E

monochromatic

#204D5F #2F728D #3E97BB #69B0CD #97C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#3E97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#3E97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97BB

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97BB	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5cf',
    500: '#3e97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97bb;
$custom-light: #81b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63796,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97BB

secondary

#C89E8D

accent

#764EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97BB

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

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