#3E8DB9#3E8DB9

#3E8DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.102 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DB9
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -10.17, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 31.77, 251.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0565 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.102 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2650, 23.5745, 49.3719)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DB9 #B96A3E

analogous

#3EB9A7 #3E8DB9 #3E4FB9

triadic

#3E8DB9 #B93E8D #8DB93E

tetradic

#3E8DB9 #A73EB9 #B96A3E #4FB93E

square

#3E8DB9 #A73EB9 #B96A3E #4FB93E

split-complementary

#3E8DB9 #B93E4F #B9A73E

monochromatic

#1F475D #2F6A8B #3E8DB9 #68A8CC #96C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3E8DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3E8DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DB9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DB9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.102 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aece',
    500: '#3e8db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8db9;
$custom-light: #81aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.463,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61319,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DB9

secondary

#C7A18C

accent

#804ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DB9

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

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