#3E8CCE#3E8CCE

#3E8CCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.126 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CCE
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -2.42, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 41.04, 266.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0489 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.126 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5011, 24.2341, 61.8723)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CCE #CE803E

analogous

#3ECEC8 #3E8CCE #3E44CE

triadic

#3E8CCE #CE3E8C #8CCE3E

tetradic

#3E8CCE #C83ECE #CE803E #44CE3E

square

#3E8CCE #C83ECE #CE803E #44CE3E

split-complementary

#3E8CCE #CE3E44 #CEC83E

monochromatic

#1D4C74 #2A6DA5 #3E8CCE #6FA9DA #A0C6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3E8CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3E8CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CCE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CCE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.126 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84addd',
    500: '#3e8cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cce;
$custom-light: #84addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62157,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CCE

secondary

#D3B195

accent

#8D45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CCE

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

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