#3E8CD5#3E8CD5

#3E8CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.134 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CD5
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 0.03, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 44.36, 270.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0469 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.134 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3704, 24.5818, 66.4510)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CD5 #D5873E

analogous

#3ED5D3 #3E8CD5 #3E41D5

triadic

#3E8CD5 #D53E8C #8CD53E

tetradic

#3E8CD5 #D33ED5 #D5873E #41D53E

square

#3E8CD5 #D33ED5 #D5873E #41D53E

split-complementary

#3E8CD5 #D53E41 #D5D33E

monochromatic

#1B4E7D #266DB0 #3E8CD5 #70AAE0 #A3C8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3E8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#3E8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CD5

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CD5	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.134 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ade2',
    500: '#3e8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cd5;
$custom-light: #85ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.007,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62541,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CD5

secondary

#D8B697

accent

#9141E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CD5

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

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