#3E8BCE#3E8BCE

#3E8BCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.127 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BCE
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -1.84, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 41.46, 267.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0479 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.127 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3556, 23.9432, 61.8239)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BCE #CE813E

analogous

#3ECEC9 #3E8BCE #3E43CE

triadic

#3E8BCE #CE3E8B #8BCE3E

tetradic

#3E8BCE #C93ECE #CE813E #43CE3E

square

#3E8BCE #C93ECE #CE813E #43CE3E

split-complementary

#3E8BCE #CE3E43 #CEC93E

monochromatic

#1D4C74 #2A6CA5 #3E8BCE #6FA8DA #A0C6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3E8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3E8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BCE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BCE	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.127 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acdd',
    500: '#3e8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bce;
$custom-light: #84acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.917,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61928,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BCE

secondary

#D3B295

accent

#8E45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BCE

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

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