#3E9BC5#3E9BC5

#3E9BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.107 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9BC5
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -13.95, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 32.76, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0667 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.107 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7820, 28.4954, 57.0593)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9BC5 #C5683E

analogous

#3EC5AC #3E9BC5 #3E57C5

triadic

#3E9BC5 #C53E9B #9BC53E

tetradic

#3E9BC5 #AC3EC5 #C5683E #57C53E

square

#3E9BC5 #AC3EC5 #C5683E #57C53E

split-complementary

#3E9BC5 #C53E57 #C5AC3E

monochromatic

#205269 #2E7798 #3E9BC5 #6DB3D3 #9CCCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3E9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#3E9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9BC5

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9BC5	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.107 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8d6',
    500: '#3e9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9bc5;
$custom-light: #83b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65205,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9BC5

secondary

#CDA491

accent

#784BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9BC5

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

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