#3E9CBF#3E9CBF

#3E9CBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.101 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9CBF
RGB	rgb(62, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -16.46, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 30.92, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.07 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.101 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2753, 28.5601, 53.5661)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9CBF #BF613E

analogous

#3EBFA2 #3E9CBF #3E5CBF

triadic

#3E9CBF #BF3E9C #9CBF3E

tetradic

#3E9CBF #A23EBF #BF613E #5CBF3E

square

#3E9CBF #A23EBF #BF613E #5CBF3E

split-complementary

#3E9CBF #BF3E5C #BFA23E

monochromatic

#205163 #2F7691 #3E9CBF #6BB4CF #99CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#3E9CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#3E9CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9CBF

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9CBF	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.101 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9d2',
    500: '#3e9cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9cbf;
$custom-light: #82b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65172,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9CBF

secondary

#CA9F8F

accent

#744DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9CBF

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

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