#3E8CC3#3E8CC3

#3E8CC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.113 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CC3
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -6.22, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 36.10, 260.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0522 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.113 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2113, 23.7182, 55.0794)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CC3 #C3753E

analogous

#3EC3B7 #3E8CC3 #3E49C3

triadic

#3E8CC3 #C33E8C #8CC33E

tetradic

#3E8CC3 #B73EC3 #C3753E #49C33E

square

#3E8CC3 #B73EC3 #C3753E #49C33E

split-complementary

#3E8CC3 #C33E49 #C3B73E

monochromatic

#204967 #2E6B95 #3E8CC3 #6DA8D2 #9BC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3E8CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CC3

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CC3	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)

#738DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.113 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add5',
    500: '#3e8cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cc3;
$custom-light: #82add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.812,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6158,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CC3

secondary

#CCA991

accent

#874CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CC3

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

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