#3E8BBB#3E8BBB

#3E8BBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.105 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BBB
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -8.37, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 33.11, 255.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0538 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.105 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1854, 23.0751, 50.3942)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BBB #BB6E3E

analogous

#3EBBAD #3E8BBB #3E4DBB

triadic

#3E8BBB #BB3E8B #8BBB3E

tetradic

#3E8BBB #AD3EBB #BB6E3E #4DBB3E

square

#3E8BBB #AD3EBB #BB6E3E #4DBB3E

split-complementary

#3E8BBB #BB3E4D #BBAD3E

monochromatic

#20475F #2F698D #3E8BBB #69A7CD #97C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3E8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3E8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BBB

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BBB	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.105 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81accf',
    500: '#3e8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bbb;
$custom-light: #81accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.04,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60943,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BBB

secondary

#C8A48D

accent

#844EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BBB

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

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