#3E8CB4#3E8CB4

#3E8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.097 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CB4
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(200, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -11.27, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 30.22, 248.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0572 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.097 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5997, 23.0735, 46.5919)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CB4 #B4663E

analogous

#3EB4A1 #3E8CB4 #3E51B4

triadic

#3E8CB4 #B43E8C #8CB43E

tetradic

#3E8CB4 #A13EB4 #B4663E #51B43E

square

#3E8CB4 #A13EB4 #B4663E #51B43E

split-complementary

#3E8CB4 #B43E51 #B4A13E

monochromatic

#1F4559 #2E6986 #3E8CB4 #65A8CA #93C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3E8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3E8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CB4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CB4	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.097 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adca',
    500: '#3e8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cb4;
$custom-light: #80adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.339,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60842,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CB4

secondary

#C59D89

accent

#7E4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CB4

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

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