#3E8CC4#3E8CC4

#3E8CC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CC4
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -5.88, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 36.53, 260.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0519 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.114 243)
XYZ	xyz(21.3247, 23.7635, 55.6768)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CC4 #C4763E

analogous

#3EC4B9 #3E8CC4 #3E49C4

triadic

#3E8CC4 #C43E8C #8CC43E

tetradic

#3E8CC4 #B93EC4 #C4763E #49C43E

square

#3E8CC4 #B93EC4 #C4763E #49C43E

split-complementary

#3E8CC4 #C43E49 #C4B93E

monochromatic

#204A68 #2E6B97 #3E8CC4 #6DA8D2 #9CC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3E8CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3E8CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CC4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CC4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add6',
    500: '#3e8cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cc4;
$custom-light: #82add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61631,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.23766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CC4

secondary

#CDAA91

accent

#884BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CC4

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

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