#3E97BE#3E97BE

#3E97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97BE
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -14.07, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 31.32, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0652 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.102 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3438, 26.8726, 52.7146)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97BE #BE653E

analogous

#3EBEA5 #3E97BE #3E57BE

triadic

#3E97BE #BE3E97 #97BE3E

tetradic

#3E97BE #A53EBE #BE653E #57BE3E

square

#3E97BE #A53EBE #BE653E #57BE3E

split-complementary

#3E97BE #BE3E57 #BEA53E

monochromatic

#204E62 #2F7290 #3E97BE #6BB0CF #99C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3E97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#3E97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97BE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97BE	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5d1',
    500: '#3e97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97be;
$custom-light: #82b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63933,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97BE

secondary

#C9A08E

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97BE

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

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