#3E9BC4#3E9BC4

#3E9BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.106 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9BC4
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -14.28, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 32.45, 243.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0671 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.106 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6678, 28.4497, 56.4579)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9BC4 #C4673E

analogous

#3EC4AA #3E9BC4 #3E58C4

triadic

#3E9BC4 #C43E9B #9BC43E

tetradic

#3E9BC4 #AA3EC4 #C4673E #58C43E

square

#3E9BC4 #AA3EC4 #C4673E #58C43E

split-complementary

#3E9BC4 #C43E58 #C4AA3E

monochromatic

#205268 #2E7797 #3E9BC4 #6DB3D2 #9CCCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3E9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3E9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9BC4

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9BC4	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.106 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8d6',
    500: '#3e9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9bc4;
$custom-light: #83b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65159,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9BC4

secondary

#CDA391

accent

#784BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9BC4

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

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