#3E9DC5#3E9DC5

#3E9DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.106 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9DC5
RGB	rgb(62, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -15.04, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 32.42, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0688 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.106 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1176, 29.1666, 57.1712)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9DC5 #C5663E

analogous

#3EC5AA #3E9DC5 #3E59C5

triadic

#3E9DC5 #C53E9D #9DC53E

tetradic

#3E9DC5 #AA3EC5 #C5663E #59C53E

square

#3E9DC5 #AA3EC5 #C5663E #59C53E

split-complementary

#3E9DC5 #C53E59 #C5AA3E

monochromatic

#205369 #2E7998 #3E9DC5 #6DB5D3 #9CCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#3E9DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#3E9DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9DC5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9DC5	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.106 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad6',
    500: '#3e9dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9dc5;
$custom-light: #83bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6568,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9DC5

secondary

#CDA391

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9DC5

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

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