#3E9CBD#3E9CBD

#3E9CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.100 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9CBD
RGB	rgb(62, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -17.10, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 30.43, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0707 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.1 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0567, 28.4727, 52.4149)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9CBD #BD5F3E

analogous

#3EBD9F #3E9CBD #3E5CBD

triadic

#3E9CBD #BD3E9C #9CBD3E

tetradic

#3E9CBD #9F3EBD #BD5F3E #5CBD3E

square

#3E9CBD #9F3EBD #BD5F3E #5CBD3E

split-complementary

#3E9CBD #BD3E5C #BD9F3E

monochromatic

#205061 #2F768F #3E9CBD #6AB4CE #98CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3E9CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3E9CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9CBD

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9CBD	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)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.100 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d1',
    500: '#3e9cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9cbd;
$custom-light: #82b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.591,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65084,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9CBD

secondary

#C99D8E

accent

#724EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9CBD

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

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