#3E8DBD#3E8DBD

#3E8DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DBD
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -8.83, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 33.30, 254.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0552 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.106 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6932, 23.7458, 51.6271)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DBD #BD6E3E

analogous

#3EBDAE #3E8DBD #3E4EBD

triadic

#3E8DBD #BD3E8D #8DBD3E

tetradic

#3E8DBD #AE3EBD #BD6E3E #4EBD3E

square

#3E8DBD #AE3EBD #BD6E3E #4EBD3E

split-complementary

#3E8DBD #BD3E4E #BDAE3E

monochromatic

#204861 #2F6B8F #3E8DBD #6AA8CE #98C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3E8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3E8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DBD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DBD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed1',
    500: '#3e8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dbd;
$custom-light: #81aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.677,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61513,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DBD

secondary

#C9A48E

accent

#834EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DBD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →