#3E8AC6#3E8AC6

#3E8AC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.118 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8AC6
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -4.03, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 38.17, 263.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0492 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.118 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2643, 23.2760, 56.7872)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8AC6 #C67A3E

analogous

#3EC6BE #3E8AC6 #3E46C6

triadic

#3E8AC6 #C63E8A #8AC63E

tetradic

#3E8AC6 #BE3EC6 #C67A3E #46C63E

square

#3E8AC6 #BE3EC6 #C67A3E #46C63E

split-complementary

#3E8AC6 #C63E46 #C6BE3E

monochromatic

#1F496A #2D6A99 #3E8AC6 #6DA7D4 #9CC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3E8AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3E8AC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8AC6

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8AC6	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.118 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abd7',
    500: '#3e8ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ac6;
$custom-light: #82abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8AC6

secondary

#CEAC92

accent

#8B4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8AC6

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

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