#3E8DD8#3E8DD8

#3E8DD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.137 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DD8
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 34.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 0.49, -45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 45.35, 270.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.047 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.137 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9015, 25.0291, 68.5239)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DD8 #D8893E

analogous

#3ED8D6 #3E8DD8 #3E40D8

triadic

#3E8DD8 #D83E8D #8DD83E

tetradic

#3E8DD8 #D63ED8 #D8893E #40D83E

square

#3E8DD8 #D63ED8 #D8893E #40D83E

split-complementary

#3E8DD8 #D83E40 #D8D63E

monochromatic

#1A4F81 #246EB4 #3E8DD8 #71ABE2 #A4C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#3E8DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#3E8DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DD8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DD8	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.137 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aee4',
    500: '#3e8dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dd8;
$custom-light: #85aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.221,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62934,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DD8

secondary

#D9B898

accent

#923EE9

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DD8

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

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