#3E99BE#3E99BE

#3E99BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E99BE
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -15.16, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 31.02, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0672 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.101 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6684, 27.5218, 52.8228)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E99BE #BE633E

analogous

#3EBEA3 #3E99BE #3E59BE

triadic

#3E99BE #BE3E99 #99BE3E

tetradic

#3E99BE #A33EBE #BE633E #59BE3E

square

#3E99BE #A33EBE #BE633E #59BE3E

split-complementary

#3E99BE #BE3E59 #BEA33E

monochromatic

#204F62 #2F7490 #3E99BE #6BB2CF #99CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#3E99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#3E99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E99BE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E99BE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7d1',
    500: '#3e99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e99be;
$custom-light: #82b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6441,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E99BE

secondary

#C99F8E

accent

#764EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E99BE

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

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