#3E8BD4#3E8BD4

#3E8BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.134 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BD4
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 0.26, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 44.33, 270.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0462 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.134 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0984, 24.2403, 65.7361)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BD4 #D4873E

analogous

#3ED4D2 #3E8BD4 #3E40D4

triadic

#3E8BD4 #D43E8B #8BD43E

tetradic

#3E8BD4 #D23ED4 #D4873E #40D43E

square

#3E8BD4 #D23ED4 #D4873E #40D43E

split-complementary

#3E8BD4 #D43E40 #D4D23E

monochromatic

#1C4D7C #276CAE #3E8BD4 #70A9DF #A2C7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3E8BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3E8BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BD4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BD4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.134 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ace1',
    500: '#3e8bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bd4;
$custom-light: #85ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.2,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BD4

secondary

#D7B697

accent

#9241E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BD4

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

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