#3E9CC8#3E9CC8

#3E9CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9CC8
RGB	rgb(62, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -13.51, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 33.51, 246.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0667 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.109 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2963, 28.9685, 58.9434)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9CC8 #C86A3E

analogous

#3EC8AF #3E9CC8 #3E57C8

triadic

#3E9CC8 #C83E9C #9CC83E

tetradic

#3E9CC8 #AF3EC8 #C86A3E #57C83E

square

#3E9CC8 #AF3EC8 #C86A3E #57C83E

split-complementary

#3E9CC8 #C83E57 #C8AF3E

monochromatic

#1F546D #2D799C #3E9CC8 #6EB4D6 #9DCDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#3E9CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#3E9CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9CC8

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9CC8	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d9',
    500: '#3e9cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9cc8;
$custom-light: #83b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65581,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9CC8

secondary

#CFA692

accent

#7949DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9CC8

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

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