#3E8BC0#3E8BC0

#3E8BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.110 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC0
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -6.67, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 35.17, 259.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0521 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.11 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7300, 23.2929, 53.2624)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC0 #C0733E

analogous

#3EC0B4 #3E8BC0 #3E4AC0

triadic

#3E8BC0 #C03E8B #8BC03E

tetradic

#3E8BC0 #B43EC0 #C0733E #4AC03E

square

#3E8BC0 #B43EC0 #C0733E #4AC03E

split-complementary

#3E8BC0 #C03E4A #C0B43E

monochromatic

#204863 #2F6A92 #3E8BC0 #6CA7CF #9AC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3E8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3E8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC0

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC0	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.110 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd3',
    500: '#3e8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc0;
$custom-light: #81acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 51.181,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61193,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC0

secondary

#CAA78F

accent

#874DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC0

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

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