#3E9CBE#3E9CBE

#3E9CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.100 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9CBE
RGB	rgb(62, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -16.78, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 30.67, 236.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0703 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.1 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1656, 28.5162, 52.9885)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9CBE #BE603E

analogous

#3EBEA0 #3E9CBE #3E5CBE

triadic

#3E9CBE #BE3E9C #9CBE3E

tetradic

#3E9CBE #A03EBE #BE603E #5CBE3E

square

#3E9CBE #A03EBE #BE603E #5CBE3E

split-complementary

#3E9CBE #BE3E5C #BEA03E

monochromatic

#205062 #2F7690 #3E9CBE #6BB4CF #99CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3E9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#3E9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9CBE

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9CBE	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)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.100 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d1',
    500: '#3e9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9cbe;
$custom-light: #82b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65127,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9CBE

secondary

#C99E8E

accent

#734EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9CBE

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

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