#3E8BB0#3E8BB0

#3E8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.094 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BB0
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -12.04, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 29.09, 245.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0576 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.094 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0526, 22.6220, 44.4283)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BB0 #B0633E

analogous

#3EB09C #3E8BB0 #3E52B0

triadic

#3E8BB0 #B03E8B #8BB03E

tetradic

#3E8BB0 #9C3EB0 #B0633E #52B03E

square

#3E8BB0 #9C3EB0 #B0633E #52B03E

split-complementary

#3E8BB0 #B03E52 #B09C3E

monochromatic

#1E4455 #2E6783 #3E8BB0 #63A7C8 #90C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3E8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3E8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BB0

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BB0	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.094 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc7',
    500: '#3e8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bb0;
$custom-light: #7facc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 47.899,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60416,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BB0

secondary

#C39A87

accent

#7C50D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BB0

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

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