#3E98C9#3E98C9

#3E98C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.112 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E98C9
RGB	rgb(62, 152, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -10.97, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 34.78, 251.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0623 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.112 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7533, 27.6950, 59.3408)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E98C9 #C96F3E

analogous

#3EC9B5 #3E98C9 #3E53C9

triadic

#3E98C9 #C93E98 #98C93E

tetradic

#3E98C9 #B53EC9 #C96F3E #53C93E

square

#3E98C9 #B53EC9 #C96F3E #53C93E

split-complementary

#3E98C9 #C93E53 #C9B53E

monochromatic

#1F526E #2C769E #3E98C9 #6EB2D6 #9ECBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3E98C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#3E98C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E98C9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E98C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E98C9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e98c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 152, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.112 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6d9',
    500: '#3e98c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e98c9;
$custom-light: #83b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e98c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64686,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E98C9

secondary

#D0A893

accent

#7E48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E98C9

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

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