#3E8DC4#3E8DC4

#3E8DC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.113 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC4
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -6.45, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 36.17, 259.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0529 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.113 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4715, 24.0571, 55.7258)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC4 #C4753E

analogous

#3EC4B8 #3E8DC4 #3E4AC4

triadic

#3E8DC4 #C43E8D #8DC43E

tetradic

#3E8DC4 #B83EC4 #C4753E #4AC43E

square

#3E8DC4 #B83EC4 #C4753E #4AC43E

split-complementary

#3E8DC4 #C43E4A #C4B83E

monochromatic

#204A68 #2E6C97 #3E8DC4 #6DA9D2 #9CC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3E8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#3E8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC4	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.113 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed6',
    500: '#3e8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc4;
$custom-light: #82aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61864,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC4

secondary

#CDAA91

accent

#874BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC4

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

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