#3E8CDA#3E8CDA

#3E8CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.141 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CDA
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 1.79, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 46.80, 272.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0456 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.141 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0148, 24.8396, 69.8450)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CDA #DA8C3E

analogous

#3EDADA #3E8CDA #3E3EDA

triadic

#3E8CDA #DA3E8C #8CDA3E

tetradic

#3E8CDA #DA3EDA #DA8C3E #3EDA3E

square

#3E8CDA #DA3EDA #DA8C3E #3EDA3E

split-complementary

#3E8CDA #DA3E3E #DADA3E

monochromatic

#194F84 #236DB8 #3E8CDA #71ABE4 #A5C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#3E8CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#3E8CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CDA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CDA	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.141 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade6',
    500: '#3e8cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cda;
$custom-light: #86ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62822,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CDA

secondary

#DBBA99

accent

#943DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CDA

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

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