#3E8DC3#3E8DC3

#3E8DC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.112 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC3
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -6.79, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 35.75, 259.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0532 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.112 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3580, 24.0117, 55.1283)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC3 #C3743E

analogous

#3EC3B6 #3E8DC3 #3E4AC3

triadic

#3E8DC3 #C33E8D #8DC33E

tetradic

#3E8DC3 #B63EC3 #C3743E #4AC33E

square

#3E8DC3 #B63EC3 #C3743E #4AC33E

split-complementary

#3E8DC3 #C33E4A #C3B63E

monochromatic

#204A67 #2E6C95 #3E8DC3 #6DA9D2 #9BC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3E8DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3E8DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC3

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC3	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.112 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed5',
    500: '#3e8dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc3;
$custom-light: #82aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC3

secondary

#CCA991

accent

#864CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC3

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

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