#3E8DB5#3E8DB5

#3E8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.098 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DB5
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -11.50, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 30.35, 247.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.058 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.098 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8487, 23.4080, 47.1792)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DB5 #B5663E

analogous

#3EB5A1 #3E8DB5 #3E52B5

triadic

#3E8DB5 #B53E8D #8DB53E

tetradic

#3E8DB5 #A13EB5 #B5663E #52B53E

square

#3E8DB5 #A13EB5 #B5663E #52B53E

split-complementary

#3E8DB5 #B53E52 #B5A13E

monochromatic

#1F465A #2E6987 #3E8DB5 #66A9CA #93C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3E8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#3E8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DB5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DB5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.098 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aecb',
    500: '#3e8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8db5;
$custom-light: #80aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.168,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61128,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DB5

secondary

#C59E89

accent

#7D4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DB5

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

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