#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
RGBrgb(62, 141, 200)
HSLhsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(206, 69%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.33, -5.08, -37.57)
CIE-LCHlch(56.33, 37.91, 262.30°)
OKLaboklab(62.07% -0.0516 -0.1061)
OKLCHoklch(62.07% 0.118 244.1)
XYZxyz(21.9328, 24.2417, 58.1556)
Luminance0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##3E8DC81.003.595.855.85
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8521.001.001.00
##0000005.8521.001.001.00

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

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#3E8DC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva