#3E98BA#3E98BA

#3E98BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E98BA
RGB	rgb(62, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -15.92, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 30.07, 238.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0677 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.098 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0742, 27.0234, 50.4975)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E98BA #BA603E

analogous

#3EBA9E #3E98BA #3E5ABA

triadic

#3E98BA #BA3E98 #98BA3E

tetradic

#3E98BA #9E3EBA #BA603E #5ABA3E

square

#3E98BA #9E3EBA #BA603E #5ABA3E

split-complementary

#3E98BA #BA3E5A #BA9E3E

monochromatic

#1F4D5E #2F728C #3E98BA #68B1CD #96C9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3E98BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3E98BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E98BA

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E98BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E98BA	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e98ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b6ce',
    500: '#3e98ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e98ba;
$custom-light: #81b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e98ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63991,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E98BA

secondary

#C89C8C

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E98BA

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

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