#3E8DCD#3E8DCD

#3E8DCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DCD
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -3.35, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 40.16, 265.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0501 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.124 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5267, 24.4792, 61.2835)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DCD #CD7E3E

analogous

#3ECDC6 #3E8DCD #3E46CD

triadic

#3E8DCD #CD3E8D #8DCD3E

tetradic

#3E8DCD #C63ECD #CD7E3E #46CD3E

square

#3E8DCD #C63ECD #CD7E3E #46CD3E

split-complementary

#3E8DCD #CD3E46 #CDC63E

monochromatic

#1E4D73 #2A6DA3 #3E8DCD #6FAADA #9FC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3E8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#3E8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DCD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DCD	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aedc',
    500: '#3e8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dcd;
$custom-light: #84aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.853,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DCD

secondary

#D3B094

accent

#8C46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DCD

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

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