#3E8CD9#3E8CD9

#3E8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.139 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CD9
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(210, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 1.44, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 46.31, 271.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0458 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.139 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8844, 24.7874, 69.1579)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CD9 #D98B3E

analogous

#3ED9D8 #3E8CD9 #3E3FD9

triadic

#3E8CD9 #D93E8C #8CD93E

tetradic

#3E8CD9 #D83ED9 #D98B3E #3FD93E

square

#3E8CD9 #D83ED9 #D98B3E #3FD93E

split-complementary

#3E8CD9 #D93E3F #D9D83E

monochromatic

#1A4F83 #246DB6 #3E8CD9 #71AAE3 #A4C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#3E8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#3E8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CD9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CD9	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.139 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade5',
    500: '#3e8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cd9;
$custom-light: #86ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.806,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CD9

secondary

#DAB999

accent

#933EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CD9

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

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