#3E8AD6#3E8AD6

#3E8AD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.138 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8AD6
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 35.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 1.56, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 45.78, 271.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0447 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.138 251)
XYZ	xyz(23.2081, 24.0536, 67.0250)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8AD6 #D68A3E

analogous

#3ED6D6 #3E8AD6 #3E3ED6

triadic

#3E8AD6 #D63E8A #8AD63E

tetradic

#3E8AD6 #D63ED6 #D68A3E #3ED63E

square

#3E8AD6 #D63ED6 #D68A3E #3ED63E

split-complementary

#3E8AD6 #D63E3E #D6D63E

monochromatic

#1B4D7F #266BB1 #3E8AD6 #70A9E1 #A3C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3E8AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#3E8AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8AD6

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8AD6	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.138 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abe3',
    500: '#3e8ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ad6;
$custom-light: #85abe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62146,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8AD6

secondary

#D8B898

accent

#9440E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8AD6

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

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