#3E8BC9#3E8BC9

#3E8BC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.121 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BC9
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -3.58, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 39.14, 264.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0493 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.121 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7578, 23.7041, 58.6757)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BC9 #C97C3E

analogous

#3EC9C2 #3E8BC9 #3E46C9

triadic

#3E8BC9 #C93E8B #8BC93E

tetradic

#3E8BC9 #C23EC9 #C97C3E #46C93E

square

#3E8BC9 #C23EC9 #C97C3E #46C93E

split-complementary

#3E8BC9 #C93E46 #C9C23E

monochromatic

#1F4B6E #2C6B9E #3E8BC9 #6EA8D6 #9EC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3E8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BC9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BC9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.121 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acd9',
    500: '#3e8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bc9;
$custom-light: #83acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.763,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BC9

secondary

#D0AE93

accent

#8C48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BC9

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

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