#3E8CB2#3E8CB2

#3E8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.095 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CB2
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -11.94, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 29.55, 246.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.058 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.095 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3974, 22.9926, 45.5266)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CB2 #B2643E

analogous

#3EB29E #3E8CB2 #3E52B2

triadic

#3E8CB2 #B23E8C #8CB23E

tetradic

#3E8CB2 #9E3EB2 #B2643E #52B23E

square

#3E8CB2 #9E3EB2 #B2643E #52B23E

split-complementary

#3E8CB2 #B23E52 #B29E3E

monochromatic

#1E4557 #2E6885 #3E8CB2 #64A8C9 #92C2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3E8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3E8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CB2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CB2	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.095 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc9',
    500: '#3e8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cb2;
$custom-light: #80adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.655,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60749,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CB2

secondary

#C49C88

accent

#7C50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CB2

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

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