#3E8DC5#3E8DC5

#3E8DC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC5
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -6.11, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 36.60, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0526 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.115 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5857, 24.1028, 56.3272)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC5 #C5763E

analogous

#3EC5B9 #3E8DC5 #3E49C5

triadic

#3E8DC5 #C53E8D #8DC53E

tetradic

#3E8DC5 #B93EC5 #C5763E #49C53E

square

#3E8DC5 #B93EC5 #C5763E #49C53E

split-complementary

#3E8DC5 #C53E49 #C5B93E

monochromatic

#204B69 #2E6C98 #3E8DC5 #6DA9D3 #9CC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3E8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#3E8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC5	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3e8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc5;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61915,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC5

secondary

#CDAA91

accent

#874BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC5

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

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