#3E9BBD#3E9BBD

#3E9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.100 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9BBD
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -16.57, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 30.52, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0697 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.1 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8896, 28.1385, 52.3592)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9BBD #BD603E

analogous

#3EBDA0 #3E9BBD #3E5CBD

triadic

#3E9BBD #BD3E9B #9BBD3E

tetradic

#3E9BBD #A03EBD #BD603E #5CBD3E

square

#3E9BBD #A03EBD #BD603E #5CBD3E

split-complementary

#3E9BBD #BD3E5C #BDA03E

monochromatic

#204F61 #2F758F #3E9BBD #6AB3CE #98CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#3E9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#3E9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9BBD

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9BBD	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.100 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d1',
    500: '#3e9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9bbd;
$custom-light: #82b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9BBD

secondary

#C99E8E

accent

#734EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9BBD

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

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