#3E8BC2#3E8BC2

#3E8BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.113 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC2
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -5.99, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 36.02, 260.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.0515 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.113 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9531, 23.3822, 54.4374)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC2 #C2753E

analogous

#3EC2B7 #3E8BC2 #3E49C2

triadic

#3E8BC2 #C23E8B #8BC23E

tetradic

#3E8BC2 #B73EC2 #C2753E #49C23E

square

#3E8BC2 #B73EC2 #C2753E #49C23E

split-complementary

#3E8BC2 #C23E49 #C2B73E

monochromatic

#204966 #2F6A94 #3E8BC2 #6DA7D1 #9BC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3E8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#3E8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC2

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC2	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.113 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd4',
    500: '#3e8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc2;
$custom-light: #82acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61295,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC2

secondary

#CBA990

accent

#884CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC2

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

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