#3E8DC8#3E8DC8

#3E8DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.118 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC8
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -5.08, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 37.91, 262.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0516 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.118 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9328, 24.2417, 58.1556)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC8 #C8793E

analogous

#3EC8BE #3E8DC8 #3E48C8

triadic

#3E8DC8 #C83E8D #8DC83E

tetradic

#3E8DC8 #BE3EC8 #C8793E #48C83E

square

#3E8DC8 #BE3EC8 #C8793E #48C83E

split-complementary

#3E8DC8 #C83E48 #C8BE3E

monochromatic

#1F4B6D #2D6C9C #3E8DC8 #6EA9D6 #9DC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3E8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3E8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC8	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.118 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed9',
    500: '#3e8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc8;
$custom-light: #83aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6207,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC8

secondary

#CFAC92

accent

#8949DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC8

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

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