#3E8DC6#3E8DC6

#3E8DC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.116 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC6
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -5.77, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 37.03, 261.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0522 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.116 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7006, 24.1488, 56.9326)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC6 #C6773E

analogous

#3EC6BB #3E8DC6 #3E49C6

triadic

#3E8DC6 #C63E8D #8DC63E

tetradic

#3E8DC6 #BB3EC6 #C6773E #49C63E

square

#3E8DC6 #BB3EC6 #C6773E #49C63E

split-complementary

#3E8DC6 #C63E49 #C6BB3E

monochromatic

#1F4B6A #2D6C99 #3E8DC6 #6DA9D4 #9CC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#3E8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3E8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC6	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.116 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3e8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc6;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61966,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC6

secondary

#CEAB92

accent

#884ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC6

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

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