#3E8ABC#3E8ABC

#3E8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.107 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ABC
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -7.46, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 33.83, 257.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0524 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.107 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1487, 22.8298, 50.9119)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ABC #BC703E

analogous

#3EBCAF #3E8ABC #3E4BBC

triadic

#3E8ABC #BC3E8A #8ABC3E

tetradic

#3E8ABC #AF3EBC #BC703E #4BBC3E

square

#3E8ABC #AF3EBC #BC703E #4BBC3E

split-complementary

#3E8ABC #BC3E4B #BCAF3E

monochromatic

#204660 #2F688E #3E8ABC #6AA6CE #98C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3E8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3E8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ABC

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ABC	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.107 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd0',
    500: '#3e8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8abc;
$custom-light: #81acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60757,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ABC

secondary

#C9A58D

accent

#854EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ABC

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

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