#3E8ADA#3E8ADA

#3E8ADA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.143 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ADA
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 2.98, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 47.76, 273.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0437 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.143 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7253, 24.2604, 69.7484)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ADA #DA8E3E

analogous

#3ED8DA #3E8ADA #403EDA

triadic

#3E8ADA #DA3E8A #8ADA3E

tetradic

#3E8ADA #DA3ED8 #DA8E3E #3EDA40

square

#3E8ADA #DA3ED8 #DA8E3E #3EDA40

split-complementary

#3E8ADA #DA403E #D8DA3E

monochromatic

#194D84 #236BB8 #3E8ADA #71A9E4 #A5C8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3E8ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3E8ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ADA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ADA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.143 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abe6',
    500: '#3e8ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ada;
$custom-light: #86abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62375,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ADA

secondary

#DBBB99

accent

#963DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ADA

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

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