#3E8CC9#3E8CC9

#3E8CC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CC9
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -4.16, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 38.74, 263.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0503 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.12 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9033, 23.9950, 58.7242)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CC9 #C97B3E

analogous

#3EC9C1 #3E8CC9 #3E47C9

triadic

#3E8CC9 #C93E8C #8CC93E

tetradic

#3E8CC9 #C13EC9 #C97B3E #47C93E

square

#3E8CC9 #C13EC9 #C97B3E #47C93E

split-complementary

#3E8CC9 #C93E47 #C9C13E

monochromatic

#1F4B6E #2C6C9E #3E8CC9 #6EA8D6 #9EC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3E8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3E8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CC9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CC9	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add9',
    500: '#3e8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cc9;
$custom-light: #83add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61891,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CC9

secondary

#D0AE93

accent

#8B48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CC9

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

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