#3E8CC2#3E8CC2

#3E8CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.112 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CC2
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -6.56, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 35.67, 259.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0525 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.112 242)
XYZ	xyz(21.0986, 23.6731, 54.4859)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CC2 #C2743E

analogous

#3EC2B6 #3E8CC2 #3E4AC2

triadic

#3E8CC2 #C23E8C #8CC23E

tetradic

#3E8CC2 #B63EC2 #C2743E #4AC23E

square

#3E8CC2 #B63EC2 #C2743E #4AC23E

split-complementary

#3E8CC2 #C23E4A #C2B63E

monochromatic

#204966 #2F6B94 #3E8CC2 #6DA8D1 #9BC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3E8CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CC2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CC2	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.112 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add4',
    500: '#3e8cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cc2;
$custom-light: #82add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.23675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CC2

secondary

#CBA990

accent

#874CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CC2

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

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