#3E9CC4#3E9CC4

#3E9CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.105 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9CC4
RGB	rgb(62, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -14.83, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 32.28, 242.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0681 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.105 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8349, 28.7840, 56.5136)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9CC4 #C4663E

analogous

#3EC4A9 #3E9CC4 #3E59C4

triadic

#3E9CC4 #C43E9C #9CC43E

tetradic

#3E9CC4 #A93EC4 #C4663E #59C43E

square

#3E9CC4 #A93EC4 #C4663E #59C43E

split-complementary

#3E9CC4 #C43E59 #C4A93E

monochromatic

#205268 #2E7797 #3E9CC4 #6DB4D2 #9CCCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#3E9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#3E9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9CC4

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9CC4	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.105 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d6',
    500: '#3e9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9cc4;
$custom-light: #83b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65397,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9CC4

secondary

#CDA391

accent

#774BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9CC4

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

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