#3E8DCA#3E8DCA

#3E8DCA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DCA
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -4.39, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 38.80, 263.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.051 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.12 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1681, 24.3358, 59.3946)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DCA #CA7B3E

analogous

#3ECAC1 #3E8DCA #3E47CA

triadic

#3E8DCA #CA3E8D #8DCA3E

tetradic

#3E8DCA #C13ECA #CA7B3E #47CA3E

square

#3E8DCA #C13ECA #CA7B3E #47CA3E

split-complementary

#3E8DCA #CA3E47 #CAC13E

monochromatic

#1F4C6F #2C6D9F #3E8DCA #6EA9D7 #9EC6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3E8DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#3E8DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DCA

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DCA	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aeda',
    500: '#3e8dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dca;
$custom-light: #83aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62174,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DCA

secondary

#D1AE93

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DCA

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

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