#3E8CD1#3E8CD1

#3E8CD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.130 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CD1
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -1.38, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 42.45, 268.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.048 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.13 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8690, 24.3813, 63.8100)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CD1 #D1833E

analogous

#3ED1CC #3E8CD1 #3E42D1

triadic

#3E8CD1 #D13E8C #8CD13E

tetradic

#3E8CD1 #CC3ED1 #D1833E #42D13E

square

#3E8CD1 #CC3ED1 #D1833E #42D13E

split-complementary

#3E8CD1 #D13E42 #D1CC3E

monochromatic

#1D4D78 #286DA9 #3E8CD1 #6FA9DD #A1C7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3E8CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3E8CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CD1

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CD1	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.130 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84addf',
    500: '#3e8cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cd1;
$custom-light: #84addf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CD1

secondary

#D5B396

accent

#8F43E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CD1

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

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