#3E98BE#3E98BE

#3E98BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.102 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E98BE
RGB	rgb(62, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -14.62, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 31.16, 242.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0662 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.102 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5054, 27.1959, 52.7685)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E98BE #BE643E

analogous

#3EBEA4 #3E98BE #3E58BE

triadic

#3E98BE #BE3E98 #98BE3E

tetradic

#3E98BE #A43EBE #BE643E #58BE3E

square

#3E98BE #A43EBE #BE643E #58BE3E

split-complementary

#3E98BE #BE3E58 #BEA43E

monochromatic

#204E62 #2F7390 #3E98BE #6BB1CF #99C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3E98BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#3E98BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E98BE

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E98BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E98BE	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e98be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.102 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6d1',
    500: '#3e98be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e98be;
$custom-light: #82b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e98be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E98BE

secondary

#C9A08E

accent

#774EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E98BE

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

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