#3E97BC#3E97BC

#3E97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97BC
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -14.72, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 30.73, 241.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0659 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.1 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1267, 26.7858, 51.5713)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97BC #BC633E

analogous

#3EBCA2 #3E97BC #3E58BC

triadic

#3E97BC #BC3E97 #97BC3E

tetradic

#3E97BC #A23EBC #BC633E #58BC3E

square

#3E97BC #A23EBC #BC633E #58BC3E

split-complementary

#3E97BC #BC3E58 #BCA23E

monochromatic

#204D60 #2F728E #3E97BC #6AB0CE #98C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3E97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#3E97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97BC

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97BC	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b5d0',
    500: '#3e97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97bc;
$custom-light: #81b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97BC

secondary

#C99F8D

accent

#774EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97BC

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

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