#3E8BC5#3E8BC5

#3E8BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.116 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC5
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -4.96, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 37.34, 262.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0505 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.116 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2934, 23.5183, 56.2298)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC5 #C5783E

analogous

#3EC5BC #3E8BC5 #3E47C5

triadic

#3E8BC5 #C53E8B #8BC53E

tetradic

#3E8BC5 #BC3EC5 #C5783E #47C53E

square

#3E8BC5 #BC3EC5 #C5783E #47C53E

split-complementary

#3E8BC5 #C53E47 #C5BC3E

monochromatic

#204969 #2E6A98 #3E8BC5 #6DA7D3 #9CC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3E8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3E8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.116 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd7',
    500: '#3e8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc5;
$custom-light: #82acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.778,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6145,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC5

secondary

#CDAB91

accent

#8A4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC5

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

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