#3E8BC1#3E8BC1

#3E8BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.112 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC1
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -6.33, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 35.59, 259.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0518 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.112 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8412, 23.3374, 53.8479)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC1 #C1743E

analogous

#3EC1B6 #3E8BC1 #3E49C1

triadic

#3E8BC1 #C13E8B #8BC13E

tetradic

#3E8BC1 #B63EC1 #C1743E #49C13E

square

#3E8BC1 #B63EC1 #C1743E #49C13E

split-complementary

#3E8BC1 #C13E49 #C1B63E

monochromatic

#204864 #2F6A93 #3E8BC1 #6CA7D0 #9BC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3E8BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3E8BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC1

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC1	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.112 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd4',
    500: '#3e8bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc1;
$custom-light: #82acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.733,
    "s": 51.373,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61244,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC1

secondary

#CBA890

accent

#874DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC1

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

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