#3E8DC2#3E8DC2

#3E8DC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.111 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC2
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -7.14, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 35.33, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0535 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.111 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2454, 23.9667, 54.5348)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC2 #C2733E

analogous

#3EC2B5 #3E8DC2 #3E4BC2

triadic

#3E8DC2 #C23E8D #8DC23E

tetradic

#3E8DC2 #B53EC2 #C2733E #4BC23E

square

#3E8DC2 #B53EC2 #C2733E #4BC23E

split-complementary

#3E8DC2 #C23E4B #C2B53E

monochromatic

#204A66 #2F6B94 #3E8DC2 #6DA8D1 #9BC4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3E8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#3E8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC2	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.111 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed4',
    500: '#3e8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc2;
$custom-light: #82aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61762,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC2

secondary

#CBA890

accent

#864CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC2

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

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