#3E97C8#3E97C8

#3E97C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.111 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97C8
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -10.75, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 34.67, 251.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0616 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.111 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4745, 27.3249, 58.6695)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97C8 #C86F3E

analogous

#3EC8B4 #3E97C8 #3E52C8

triadic

#3E97C8 #C83E97 #97C83E

tetradic

#3E97C8 #B43EC8 #C86F3E #52C83E

square

#3E97C8 #B43EC8 #C86F3E #52C83E

split-complementary

#3E97C8 #C83E52 #C8B43E

monochromatic

#1F516D #2D759C #3E97C8 #6EB1D6 #9DCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3E97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3E97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97C8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97C8	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.111 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5d9',
    500: '#3e97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97c8;
$custom-light: #83b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.304,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64403,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97C8

secondary

#CFA892

accent

#7E49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97C8

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

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