#3E97BD#3E97BD

#3E97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97BD
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -14.40, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 31.02, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0655 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.101 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2349, 26.8291, 52.1410)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97BD #BD643E

analogous

#3EBDA4 #3E97BD #3E57BD

triadic

#3E97BD #BD3E97 #97BD3E

tetradic

#3E97BD #A43EBD #BD643E #57BD3E

square

#3E97BD #A43EBD #BD643E #57BD3E

split-complementary

#3E97BD #BD3E57 #BDA43E

monochromatic

#204D61 #2F728F #3E97BD #6AB0CE #98C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#3E97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3E97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97BD

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97BD	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5d1',
    500: '#3e97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97bd;
$custom-light: #82b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63887,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97BD

secondary

#C9A08E

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97BD

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

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