#3E9BB9#3E9BB9

#3E9BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.097 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9BB9
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -17.85, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 29.60, 232.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0712 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.097 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4614, 27.9672, 50.1040)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9BB9 #B95C3E

analogous

#3EB999 #3E9BB9 #3E5DB9

triadic

#3E9BB9 #B93E9B #9BB93E

tetradic

#3E9BB9 #993EB9 #B95C3E #5DB93E

square

#3E9BB9 #993EB9 #B95C3E #5DB93E

split-complementary

#3E9BB9 #B93E5D #B9993E

monochromatic

#1F4E5D #2F758B #3E9BB9 #68B4CC #96CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3E9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#3E9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9BB9

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9BB9	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.097 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8ce',
    500: '#3e9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9bb9;
$custom-light: #81b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64669,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9BB9

secondary

#C79A8C

accent

#704ED9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9BB9

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

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