#3E8BDD#3E8BDD

#3E8BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.145 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BDD
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 3.45, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 48.77, 274.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0439 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.145 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2655, 24.7071, 71.8827)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BDD #DD903E

analogous

#3EDBDD #3E8BDD #403EDD

triadic

#3E8BDD #DD3E8B #8BDD3E

tetradic

#3E8BDD #DD3EDB #DD903E #3EDD40

square

#3E8BDD #DD3EDB #DD903E #3EDD40

split-complementary

#3E8BDD #DD403E #DBDD3E

monochromatic

#184F89 #216CBD #3E8BDD #72AAE6 #A6CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3E8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#3E8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BDD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BDD	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.145 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ace8',
    500: '#3e8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bdd;
$custom-light: #86ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.943,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BDD

secondary

#DDBC9A

accent

#973BED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BDD

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

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