#3E99C4#3E99C4

#3E99C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.107 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E99C4
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -13.19, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 32.82, 246.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0651 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.107 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3377, 27.7896, 56.3478)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E99C4 #C4693E

analogous

#3EC4AC #3E99C4 #3E56C4

triadic

#3E99C4 #C43E99 #99C43E

tetradic

#3E99C4 #AC3EC4 #C4693E #56C43E

square

#3E99C4 #AC3EC4 #C4693E #56C43E

split-complementary

#3E99C4 #C43E56 #C4AC3E

monochromatic

#205168 #2E7597 #3E99C4 #6DB2D2 #9CCBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3E99C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#3E99C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E99C4

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E99C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E99C4	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8497C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e99c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.107 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7d6',
    500: '#3e99c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e99c4;
$custom-light: #83b7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e99c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64685,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E99C4

secondary

#CDA491

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E99C4

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

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