#3E8DBC#3E8DBC

#3E8DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DBC
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -9.17, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 32.91, 253.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0555 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.105 238)
XYZ	xyz(20.5851, 23.7025, 51.0574)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DBC #BC6D3E

analogous

#3EBCAC #3E8DBC #3E4EBC

triadic

#3E8DBC #BC3E8D #8DBC3E

tetradic

#3E8DBC #AC3EBC #BC6D3E #4EBC3E

square

#3E8DBC #AC3EBC #BC6D3E #4EBC3E

split-complementary

#3E8DBC #BC3E4E #BCAC3E

monochromatic

#204860 #2F6A8E #3E8DBC #6AA8CE #98C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3E8DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DBC

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DBC	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed0',
    500: '#3e8dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dbc;
$custom-light: #81aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.381,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61464,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.23705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DBC

secondary

#C9A38D

accent

#824EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DBC

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

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