#3E8CB7#3E8CB7

#3E8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.100 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CB7
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -10.28, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 31.29, 250.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0562 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.1 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9086, 23.1971, 48.2188)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CB7 #B7693E

analogous

#3EB7A5 #3E8CB7 #3E50B7

triadic

#3E8CB7 #B73E8C #8CB73E

tetradic

#3E8CB7 #A53EB7 #B7693E #50B73E

square

#3E8CB7 #A53EB7 #B7693E #50B73E

split-complementary

#3E8CB7 #B73E50 #B7A53E

monochromatic

#1F465C #2F6989 #3E8CB7 #67A8CB #94C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3E8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3E8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CB7

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CB7	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.100 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adcc',
    500: '#3e8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cb7;
$custom-light: #80adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.322,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60985,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CB7

secondary

#C6A08A

accent

#804FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CB7

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

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