#3E8DB3#3E8DB3

#3E8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.096 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DB3
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -12.16, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 29.68, 245.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0587 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.096 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6450, 23.3265, 46.1062)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DB3 #B3643E

analogous

#3EB39F #3E8DB3 #3E53B3

triadic

#3E8DB3 #B33E8D #8DB33E

tetradic

#3E8DB3 #9F3EB3 #B3643E #53B33E

square

#3E8DB3 #9F3EB3 #B3643E #53B33E

split-complementary

#3E8DB3 #B33E53 #B39F3E

monochromatic

#1F4558 #2E6986 #3E8DB3 #65A9CA #92C2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3E8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3E8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DB3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DB3	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.096 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeca',
    500: '#3e8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8db3;
$custom-light: #80aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61035,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DB3

secondary

#C59C88

accent

#7C50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DB3

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

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