#3E9BBE#3E9BBE

#3E9BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.101 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9BBE
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -16.24, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 30.77, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0693 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.101 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9985, 28.1820, 52.9328)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9BBE #BE613E

analogous

#3EBEA1 #3E9BBE #3E5BBE

triadic

#3E9BBE #BE3E9B #9BBE3E

tetradic

#3E9BBE #A13EBE #BE613E #5BBE3E

square

#3E9BBE #A13EBE #BE613E #5BBE3E

split-complementary

#3E9BBE #BE3E5B #BEA13E

monochromatic

#205062 #2F7590 #3E9BBE #6BB3CF #99CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#3E9BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#3E9BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9BBE

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9BBE	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.101 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8d1',
    500: '#3e9bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9bbe;
$custom-light: #82b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64888,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9BBE

secondary

#C99F8E

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9BBE

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

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