#3E8BBC#3E8BBC

#3E8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.106 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BBC
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -8.03, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 33.51, 256.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0534 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.106 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2928, 23.1181, 50.9600)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BBC #BC6F3E

analogous

#3EBCAE #3E8BBC #3E4CBC

triadic

#3E8BBC #BC3E8B #8BBC3E

tetradic

#3E8BBC #AE3EBC #BC6F3E #4CBC3E

square

#3E8BBC #AE3EBC #BC6F3E #4CBC3E

split-complementary

#3E8BBC #BC3E4C #BCAE3E

monochromatic

#204760 #2F698E #3E8BBC #6AA7CE #98C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3E8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3E8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BBC

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BBC	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.106 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd0',
    500: '#3e8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bbc;
$custom-light: #81acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60992,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BBC

secondary

#C9A48D

accent

#844EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BBC

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

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