#3E8BC8#3E8BC8

#3E8BC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC8
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -3.92, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 38.68, 264.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0496 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.12 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6406, 23.6572, 58.0582)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC8 #C87B3E

analogous

#3EC8C0 #3E8BC8 #3E46C8

triadic

#3E8BC8 #C83E8B #8BC83E

tetradic

#3E8BC8 #C03EC8 #C87B3E #46C83E

square

#3E8BC8 #C03EC8 #C87B3E #46C83E

split-complementary

#3E8BC8 #C83E46 #C8C03E

monochromatic

#1F4A6D #2D6B9C #3E8BC8 #6EA8D6 #9DC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3E8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC8	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acd9',
    500: '#3e8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc8;
$custom-light: #83acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.522,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61607,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC8

secondary

#CFAD92

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC8

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

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