#3E8ABE#3E8ABE

#3E8ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.109 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ABE
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -6.78, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 34.66, 258.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0517 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.109 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3658, 22.9166, 52.0553)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ABE #BE723E

analogous

#3EBEB2 #3E8ABE #3E4ABE

triadic

#3E8ABE #BE3E8A #8ABE3E

tetradic

#3E8ABE #B23EBE #BE723E #4ABE3E

square

#3E8ABE #B23EBE #BE723E #4ABE3E

split-complementary

#3E8ABE #BE3E4A #BEB23E

monochromatic

#204762 #2F6890 #3E8ABE #6BA6CF #99C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3E8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3E8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ABE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ABE	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.109 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd2',
    500: '#3e8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8abe;
$custom-light: #81acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60858,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ABE

secondary

#C9A68E

accent

#874EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ABE

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

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