#3E8BD6#3E8BD6

#3E8BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.137 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BD6
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 0.97, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 45.31, 271.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0457 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.137 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3523, 24.3418, 67.0730)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BD6 #D6893E

analogous

#3ED6D5 #3E8BD6 #3E3FD6

triadic

#3E8BD6 #D63E8B #8BD63E

tetradic

#3E8BD6 #D53ED6 #D6893E #3FD63E

square

#3E8BD6 #D53ED6 #D6893E #3FD63E

split-complementary

#3E8BD6 #D63E3F #D6D53E

monochromatic

#1B4D7F #266CB1 #3E8BD6 #70A9E1 #A3C8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3E8BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#3E8BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BD6

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BD6	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.137 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ace3',
    500: '#3e8bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bd6;
$custom-light: #85ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.605,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BD6

secondary

#D8B798

accent

#9340E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BD6

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

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