#3E8AD9#3E8AD9

#3E8AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.141 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8AD9
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 2.62, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 47.26, 273.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.044 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.141 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5948, 24.2082, 69.0613)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8AD9 #D98D3E

analogous

#3ED7D9 #3E8AD9 #403ED9

triadic

#3E8AD9 #D93E8A #8AD93E

tetradic

#3E8AD9 #D93ED7 #D98D3E #3ED940

square

#3E8AD9 #D93ED7 #D98D3E #3ED940

split-complementary

#3E8AD9 #D9403E #D7D93E

monochromatic

#1A4D83 #246BB6 #3E8AD9 #71A9E3 #A4C8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3E8AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#3E8AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8AD9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8AD9	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F80D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.141 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abe5',
    500: '#3e8ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ad9;
$custom-light: #86abe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.581,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62317,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8AD9

secondary

#DABA99

accent

#963EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8AD9

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

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