#3E8AC8#3E8AC8

#3E8AC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.120 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8AC8
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -3.34, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 39.09, 265.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0486 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.12 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4965, 23.3689, 58.0101)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8AC8 #C87C3E

analogous

#3EC8C1 #3E8AC8 #3E45C8

triadic

#3E8AC8 #C83E8A #8AC83E

tetradic

#3E8AC8 #C13EC8 #C87C3E #45C83E

square

#3E8AC8 #C13EC8 #C87C3E #45C83E

split-complementary

#3E8AC8 #C83E45 #C8C13E

monochromatic

#1F4A6D #2D6A9C #3E8AC8 #6EA7D6 #9DC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3E8AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3E8AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8AC8

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8AC8	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.120 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abd9',
    500: '#3e8ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ac8;
$custom-light: #83abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.957,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61377,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8AC8

secondary

#CFAE92

accent

#8C49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8AC8

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

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