#3E8ACF#3E8ACF

#3E8ACF is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.129 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ACF
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 207)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 33.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -0.90, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 42.38, 268.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0466 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.129 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3333, 23.7037, 62.4176)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ACF #CF833E

analogous

#3ECFCC #3E8ACF #3E41CF

triadic

#3E8ACF #CF3E8A #8ACF3E

tetradic

#3E8ACF #CC3ECF #CF833E #41CF3E

square

#3E8ACF #CC3ECF #CF833E #41CF3E

split-complementary

#3E8ACF #CF3E41 #CFCC3E

monochromatic

#1D4B75 #296BA6 #3E8ACF #6FA8DB #A0C5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8ACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3E8ACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ACF

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ACF	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8acf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.129 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abde',
    500: '#3e8acf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8acf;
$custom-light: #84abde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8acf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.552,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61755,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ACF

secondary

#D4B395

accent

#9044E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ACF

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

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