#3E98BD#3E98BD

#3E98BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E98BD
RGB	rgb(62, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -14.94, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 30.87, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0666 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.101 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3965, 27.1523, 52.1948)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E98BD #BD633E

analogous

#3EBDA3 #3E98BD #3E59BD

triadic

#3E98BD #BD3E98 #98BD3E

tetradic

#3E98BD #A33EBD #BD633E #59BD3E

square

#3E98BD #A33EBD #BD633E #59BD3E

split-complementary

#3E98BD #BD3E59 #BDA33E

monochromatic

#204E61 #2F738F #3E98BD #6AB1CE #98C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#3E98BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#3E98BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E98BD

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E98BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E98BD	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e98bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6d1',
    500: '#3e98bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e98bd;
$custom-light: #82b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e98bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64126,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E98BD

secondary

#C99F8E

accent

#774EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E98BD

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