#3E8DB1#3E8DB1

#3E8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.094 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DB1
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -12.82, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 29.04, 243.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0594 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.094 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4442, 23.2462, 45.0487)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DB1 #B1623E

analogous

#3EB19C #3E8DB1 #3E53B1

triadic

#3E8DB1 #B13E8D #8DB13E

tetradic

#3E8DB1 #9C3EB1 #B1623E #53B13E

square

#3E8DB1 #9C3EB1 #B1623E #53B13E

split-complementary

#3E8DB1 #B13E53 #B19C3E

monochromatic

#1E4556 #2E6984 #3E8DB1 #64A9C9 #91C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3E8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3E8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DB1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DB1	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.094 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec8',
    500: '#3e8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8db1;
$custom-light: #7faec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.783,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60942,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DB1

secondary

#C49A87

accent

#7B50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DB1

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

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