#3E8CDD#3E8CDD

#3E8CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.144 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CDD
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 2.85, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 48.28, 273.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0448 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.144 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4110, 24.9980, 71.9312)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CDD #DD8F3E

analogous

#3EDBDD #3E8CDD #3F3EDD

triadic

#3E8CDD #DD3E8C #8CDD3E

tetradic

#3E8CDD #DD3EDB #DD8F3E #3EDD3F

square

#3E8CDD #DD3EDB #DD8F3E #3EDD3F

split-complementary

#3E8CDD #DD3F3E #DBDD3E

monochromatic

#184F89 #216DBD #3E8CDD #72ABE6 #A6CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#3E8CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#3E8CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CDD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CDD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.144 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade8',
    500: '#3e8cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8cdd;
$custom-light: #86ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.566,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62993,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CDD

secondary

#DDBC9A

accent

#963BED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CDD

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

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