#3E8ACD#3E8ACD

#3E8ACD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.126 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ACD
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -1.60, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 41.42, 267.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0472 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.126 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0904, 23.6065, 61.1381)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ACD #CD813E

analogous

#3ECDC9 #3E8ACD #3E42CD

triadic

#3E8ACD #CD3E8A #8ACD3E

tetradic

#3E8ACD #C93ECD #CD813E #42CD3E

square

#3E8ACD #C93ECD #CD813E #42CD3E

split-complementary

#3E8ACD #CD3E42 #CDC93E

monochromatic

#1E4B73 #2A6BA3 #3E8ACD #6FA7DA #9FC5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3E8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3E8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ACD

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ACD	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.126 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abdc',
    500: '#3e8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8acd;
$custom-light: #83abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.112,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61646,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ACD

secondary

#D3B194

accent

#8F46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ACD

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

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