#3E8DB2#3E8DB2

#3E8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.095 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DB2
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -12.49, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 29.35, 244.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.059 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.095 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5442, 23.2862, 45.5755)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DB2 #B2633E

analogous

#3EB29D #3E8DB2 #3E53B2

triadic

#3E8DB2 #B23E8D #8DB23E

tetradic

#3E8DB2 #9D3EB2 #B2633E #53B23E

square

#3E8DB2 #9D3EB2 #B2633E #53B23E

split-complementary

#3E8DB2 #B23E53 #B29D3E

monochromatic

#1E4557 #2E6985 #3E8DB2 #64A9C9 #92C2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3E8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3E8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DB2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DB2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.095 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aec9',
    500: '#3e8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8db2;
$custom-light: #80aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60989,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DB2

secondary

#C49B88

accent

#7B50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DB2

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

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