#3E9EC8#3E9EC8

#3E9EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.108 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9EC8
RGB	rgb(62, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -14.60, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 33.14, 243.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0687 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.108 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6346, 29.6453, 59.0562)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9EC8 #C8683E

analogous

#3EC8AD #3E9EC8 #3E59C8

triadic

#3E9EC8 #C83E9E #9EC83E

tetradic

#3E9EC8 #AD3EC8 #C8683E #59C83E

square

#3E9EC8 #AD3EC8 #C8683E #59C83E

split-complementary

#3E9EC8 #C83E59 #C8AD3E

monochromatic

#1F556D #2D7A9C #3E9EC8 #6EB6D6 #9DCEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#3E9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#3E9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9EC8

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9EC8	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.108 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad9',
    500: '#3e9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9ec8;
$custom-light: #83bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66054,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9EC8

secondary

#CFA592

accent

#7749DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9EC8

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

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