#3E9BB4#3E9BB4

#3E9BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.094 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9BB4
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -19.44, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 28.68, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0732 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.094 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9428, 27.7598, 47.3729)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9BB4 #B4573E

analogous

#3EB492 #3E9BB4 #3E60B4

triadic

#3E9BB4 #B43E9B #9BB43E

tetradic

#3E9BB4 #923EB4 #B4573E #60B43E

square

#3E9BB4 #923EB4 #B4573E #60B43E

split-complementary

#3E9BB4 #B43E60 #B4923E

monochromatic

#1F4D59 #2E7486 #3E9BB4 #65B5CA #93CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3E9BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#3E9BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9BB4

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9BB4	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.094 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8ca',
    500: '#3e9bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9bb4;
$custom-light: #81b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.712,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64456,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9BB4

secondary

#C59689

accent

#6C4FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9BB4

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

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