#3E8BB4#3E8BB4

#3E8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.098 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BB4
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -10.71, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 30.45, 249.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0562 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.098 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4542, 22.7826, 46.5434)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BB4 #B4673E

analogous

#3EB4A2 #3E8BB4 #3E50B4

triadic

#3E8BB4 #B43E8B #8BB43E

tetradic

#3E8BB4 #A23EB4 #B4673E #50B43E

square

#3E8BB4 #A23EB4 #B4673E #50B43E

split-complementary

#3E8BB4 #B43E50 #B4A23E

monochromatic

#1F4559 #2E6886 #3E8BB4 #65A7CA #93C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3E8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3E8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BB4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BB4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.098 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acca',
    500: '#3e8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bb4;
$custom-light: #80acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60604,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BB4

secondary

#C59E89

accent

#7F4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BB4

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

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