#3E8CDB#3E8CDB

#3E8CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.142 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CDB
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 2.14, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 47.29, 272.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0453 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.142 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1461, 24.8921, 70.5362)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CDB #DB8D3E

analogous

#3EDBDB #3E8CDB #3E3EDB

triadic

#3E8CDB #DB3E8C #8CDB3E

tetradic

#3E8CDB #DB3EDB #DB8D3E #3EDB3E

square

#3E8CDB #DB3EDB #DB8D3E #3EDB3E

split-complementary

#3E8CDB #DB3E3E #DBDB3E

monochromatic

#194F86 #236DB9 #3E8CDB #72ABE5 #A5C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#3E8CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#3E8CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CDB

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CDB	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.142 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade6',
    500: '#3e8cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cdb;
$custom-light: #86ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.191,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62879,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CDB

secondary

#DBBB99

accent

#943CEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CDB

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

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