#3E8CC5#3E8CC5

#3E8CC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CC5
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -5.54, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 36.96, 261.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0516 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.115 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4389, 23.8092, 56.2783)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CC5 #C5773E

analogous

#3EC5BA #3E8CC5 #3E48C5

triadic

#3E8CC5 #C53E8C #8CC53E

tetradic

#3E8CC5 #BA3EC5 #C5773E #48C53E

square

#3E8CC5 #BA3EC5 #C5773E #48C53E

split-complementary

#3E8CC5 #C53E48 #C5BA3E

monochromatic

#204A69 #2E6B98 #3E8CC5 #6DA8D3 #9CC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3E8CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#3E8CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CC5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CC5	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add7',
    500: '#3e8cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cc5;
$custom-light: #82add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61682,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CC5

secondary

#CDAB91

accent

#894BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CC5

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

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