#3E8BB3#3E8BB3

#3E8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.097 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BB3
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, -11.04, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 30.10, 248.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0565 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.097 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3527, 22.7420, 46.0088)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BB3 #B3663E

analogous

#3EB3A1 #3E8BB3 #3E50B3

triadic

#3E8BB3 #B33E8B #8BB33E

tetradic

#3E8BB3 #A13EB3 #B3663E #50B33E

square

#3E8BB3 #A13EB3 #B3663E #50B33E

split-complementary

#3E8BB3 #B33E50 #B3A13E

monochromatic

#1F4458 #2E6886 #3E8BB3 #65A7CA #92C1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3E8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#3E8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BB3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BB3	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.097 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acca',
    500: '#3e8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bb3;
$custom-light: #80acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60556,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BB3

secondary

#C59D88

accent

#7E50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BB3

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

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