#3E9FBD#3E9FBD

#3E9FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9FBD
RGB	rgb(62, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -18.70, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 30.26, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0738 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.099 222)
XYZ	xyz(23.5663, 29.4920, 52.5848)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9FBD #BD5C3E

analogous

#3EBD9C #3E9FBD #3E60BD

triadic

#3E9FBD #BD3E9F #9FBD3E

tetradic

#3E9FBD #9C3EBD #BD5C3E #60BD3E

square

#3E9FBD #9C3EBD #BD5C3E #60BD3E

split-complementary

#3E9FBD #BD3E60 #BD9C3E

monochromatic

#205161 #2F788F #3E9FBD #6AB7CE #98CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#3E9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#3E9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9FBD

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9FBD	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbd1',
    500: '#3e9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9fbd;
$custom-light: #82bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.29495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9FBD

secondary

#C99C8E

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9FBD

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

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