#3E8BB5#3E8BB5

#3E8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.099 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BB5
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -10.38, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 30.81, 250.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0558 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.099 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5565, 22.8235, 47.0818)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BB5 #B5683E

analogous

#3EB5A3 #3E8BB5 #3E50B5

triadic

#3E8BB5 #B53E8B #8BB53E

tetradic

#3E8BB5 #A33EB5 #B5683E #50B53E

square

#3E8BB5 #A33EB5 #B5683E #50B53E

split-complementary

#3E8BB5 #B53E50 #B5A33E

monochromatic

#1F455A #2E6887 #3E8BB5 #66A7CA #93C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3E8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#3E8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BB5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BB5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.099 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80accb',
    500: '#3e8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bb5;
$custom-light: #80accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60651,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BB5

secondary

#C59F89

accent

#804FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BB5

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

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