#3E8BC3#3E8BC3

#3E8BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.114 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC3
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -5.65, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 36.46, 261.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0512 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.114 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0658, 23.4273, 55.0309)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC3 #C3763E

analogous

#3EC3B8 #3E8BC3 #3E48C3

triadic

#3E8BC3 #C33E8B #8BC33E

tetradic

#3E8BC3 #B83EC3 #C3763E #48C33E

square

#3E8BC3 #B83EC3 #C3763E #48C33E

split-complementary

#3E8BC3 #C33E48 #C3B83E

monochromatic

#204967 #2E6A95 #3E8BC3 #6DA7D2 #9BC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#3E8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#3E8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC3	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.114 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd5',
    500: '#3e8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc3;
$custom-light: #82acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61346,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC3

secondary

#CCAA91

accent

#894CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC3

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

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