#3E9CB2#3E9CB2

#3E9CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.093 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9CB2
RGB	rgb(62, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -20.59, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 28.43, 223.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.075 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.093 216)
XYZ	xyz(21.9076, 28.0131, 46.3633)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9CB2 #B2543E

analogous

#3EB28E #3E9CB2 #3E62B2

triadic

#3E9CB2 #B23E9C #9CB23E

tetradic

#3E9CB2 #8E3EB2 #B2543E #62B23E

square

#3E9CB2 #8E3EB2 #B2543E #62B23E

split-complementary

#3E9CB2 #B23E62 #B28E3E

monochromatic

#1E4C57 #2E7485 #3E9CB2 #64B6C9 #92CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3E9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#3E9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9CB2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9CB2	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.093 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9c9',
    500: '#3e9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9cb2;
$custom-light: #81b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.379,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64616,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.28015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9CB2

secondary

#C49388

accent

#6A50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9CB2

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

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