#3E8BBD#3E8BBD

#3E8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.107 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BBD
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -7.69, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 33.92, 256.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0531 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.107 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4010, 23.1613, 51.5297)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BBD #BD703E

analogous

#3EBDB0 #3E8BBD #3E4CBD

triadic

#3E8BBD #BD3E8B #8BBD3E

tetradic

#3E8BBD #B03EBD #BD703E #4CBD3E

square

#3E8BBD #B03EBD #BD703E #4CBD3E

split-complementary

#3E8BBD #BD3E4C #BDB03E

monochromatic

#204761 #2F698F #3E8BBD #6AA7CE #98C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3E8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3E8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BBD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BBD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.107 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd1',
    500: '#3e8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bbd;
$custom-light: #81acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.622,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BBD

secondary

#C9A58E

accent

#854EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BBD

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

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