#3E8BDA#3E8BDA

#3E8BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.142 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BDA
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 2.38, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 47.28, 272.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0447 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.142 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8694, 24.5487, 69.7965)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BDA #DA8D3E

analogous

#3ED9DA #3E8BDA #3F3EDA

triadic

#3E8BDA #DA3E8B #8BDA3E

tetradic

#3E8BDA #DA3ED9 #DA8D3E #3EDA3F

square

#3E8BDA #DA3ED9 #DA8D3E #3EDA3F

split-complementary

#3E8BDA #DA3F3E #D9DA3E

monochromatic

#194E84 #236CB8 #3E8BDA #71AAE4 #A5C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3E8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3E8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BDA

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BDA	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.142 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ace6',
    500: '#3e8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bda;
$custom-light: #86ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.385,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62598,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BDA

secondary

#DBBA99

accent

#953DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BDA

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

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