#3E8BBE#3E8BBE

#3E8BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.108 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BBE
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -7.35, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 34.33, 257.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0528 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.108 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5099, 23.2049, 52.1033)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BBE #BE713E

analogous

#3EBEB1 #3E8BBE #3E4BBE

triadic

#3E8BBE #BE3E8B #8BBE3E

tetradic

#3E8BBE #B13EBE #BE713E #4BBE3E

square

#3E8BBE #B13EBE #BE713E #4BBE3E

split-complementary

#3E8BBE #BE3E4B #BEB13E

monochromatic

#204762 #2F6990 #3E8BBE #6BA7CF #99C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3E8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3E8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BBE

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BBE	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.108 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd2',
    500: '#3e8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bbe;
$custom-light: #81acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.906,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BBE

secondary

#C9A68E

accent

#864EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BBE

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

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