#3E8CB1#3E8CB1

#3E8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.094 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CB1
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -12.26, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 29.22, 245.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0583 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.094 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2974, 22.9526, 44.9998)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CB1 #B1633E

analogous

#3EB19D #3E8CB1 #3E53B1

triadic

#3E8CB1 #B13E8C #8CB13E

tetradic

#3E8CB1 #9D3EB1 #B1633E #53B13E

square

#3E8CB1 #9D3EB1 #B1633E #53B13E

split-complementary

#3E8CB1 #B13E53 #B19D3E

monochromatic

#1E4456 #2E6884 #3E8CB1 #64A8C9 #91C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3E8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3E8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CB1

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CB1	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.094 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc8',
    500: '#3e8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cb1;
$custom-light: #7fadc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60702,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CB1

secondary

#C49B87

accent

#7C50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CB1

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

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