#3E8ACE#3E8ACE

#3E8ACE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.128 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ACE
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -1.25, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 41.90, 268.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0469 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.128 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2115, 23.6549, 61.7758)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ACE #CE823E

analogous

#3ECECA #3E8ACE #3E42CE

triadic

#3E8ACE #CE3E8A #8ACE3E

tetradic

#3E8ACE #CA3ECE #CE823E #42CE3E

square

#3E8ACE #CA3ECE #CE823E #42CE3E

split-complementary

#3E8ACE #CE3E42 #CECA3E

monochromatic

#1D4B74 #2A6BA5 #3E8ACE #6FA8DA #A0C5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3E8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ACE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ACE	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.128 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abdd',
    500: '#3e8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ace;
$custom-light: #84abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.617,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ACE

secondary

#D3B295

accent

#9045E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ACE

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

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