#3E8BBA#3E8BBA

#3E8BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.104 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BBA
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -8.71, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 32.71, 254.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0541 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.104 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0787, 23.0324, 49.8324)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BBA #BA6D3E

analogous

#3EBAAB #3E8BBA #3E4DBA

triadic

#3E8BBA #BA3E8B #8BBA3E

tetradic

#3E8BBA #AB3EBA #BA6D3E #4DBA3E

square

#3E8BBA #AB3EBA #BA6D3E #4DBA3E

split-complementary

#3E8BBA #BA3E4D #BAAB3E

monochromatic

#1F465E #2F698C #3E8BBA #68A7CD #96C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3E8BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3E8BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BBA

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BBA	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.104 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81accf',
    500: '#3e8bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bba;
$custom-light: #81accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60894,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BBA

secondary

#C8A38C

accent

#834EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BBA

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

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