#3E8CC8#3E8CC8

#3E8CC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.119 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CC8
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -4.50, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 38.29, 263.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0506 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.119 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7861, 23.9481, 58.1067)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CC8 #C87A3E

analogous

#3EC8BF #3E8CC8 #3E47C8

triadic

#3E8CC8 #C83E8C #8CC83E

tetradic

#3E8CC8 #BF3EC8 #C87A3E #47C83E

square

#3E8CC8 #BF3EC8 #C87A3E #47C83E

split-complementary

#3E8CC8 #C83E47 #C8BF3E

monochromatic

#1F4B6D #2D6C9C #3E8CC8 #6EA8D6 #9DC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#3E8CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3E8CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CC8

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CC8	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.119 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add9',
    500: '#3e8cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cc8;
$custom-light: #83add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61838,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CC8

secondary

#CFAD92

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CC8

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

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