#3E8DC9#3E8DC9

#3E8DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.119 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DC9
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -4.74, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 38.35, 262.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0513 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.119 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0501, 24.2885, 58.7731)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DC9 #C97A3E

analogous

#3EC9BF #3E8DC9 #3E48C9

triadic

#3E8DC9 #C93E8D #8DC93E

tetradic

#3E8DC9 #BF3EC9 #C97A3E #48C93E

square

#3E8DC9 #BF3EC9 #C97A3E #48C93E

split-complementary

#3E8DC9 #C93E48 #C9BF3E

monochromatic

#1F4C6E #2C6D9E #3E8DC9 #6EA9D6 #9EC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3E8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3E8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DC9

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DC9	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.119 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed9',
    500: '#3e8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dc9;
$custom-light: #83aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62122,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DC9

secondary

#D0AD93

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DC9

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

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