#3E8DCB#3E8DCB

#3E8DCB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.122 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DCB
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -4.04, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 39.25, 264.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0507 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.122 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2869, 24.3833, 60.0202)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DCB #CB7C3E

analogous

#3ECBC3 #3E8DCB #3E47CB

triadic

#3E8DCB #CB3E8D #8DCB3E

tetradic

#3E8DCB #C33ECB #CB7C3E #47CB3E

square

#3E8DCB #C33ECB #CB7C3E #47CB3E

split-complementary

#3E8DCB #CB3E47 #CBC33E

monochromatic

#1E4C70 #2B6DA1 #3E8DCB #6EA9D8 #9EC6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3E8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3E8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DCB

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DCB	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.122 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aedb',
    500: '#3e8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dcb;
$custom-light: #83aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.383,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DCB

secondary

#D1AF94

accent

#8B47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DCB

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

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