#3E8BB2#3E8BB2

#3E8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.096 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BB2
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -11.38, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 29.75, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0569 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.096 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2520, 22.7017, 45.4781)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BB2 #B2653E

analogous

#3EB29F #3E8BB2 #3E51B2

triadic

#3E8BB2 #B23E8B #8BB23E

tetradic

#3E8BB2 #9F3EB2 #B2653E #51B23E

square

#3E8BB2 #9F3EB2 #B2653E #51B23E

split-complementary

#3E8BB2 #B23E51 #B29F3E

monochromatic

#1E4457 #2E6885 #3E8BB2 #64A7C9 #92C1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3E8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3E8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BB2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BB2	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.096 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc9',
    500: '#3e8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bb2;
$custom-light: #7facc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.172,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60509,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BB2

secondary

#C49C88

accent

#7E50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BB2

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

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