#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
RGBrgb(62, 141, 216)
HSLhsl(209, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(209, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 34.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.10, 0.49, -45.35)
CIE-LCHlch(57.10, 45.35, 270.62°)
OKLaboklab(62.93% -0.047 -0.1288)
OKLCHoklch(62.93% 0.137 249.9)
XYZxyz(23.9015, 25.0291, 68.5239)
Luminance0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##3E8DD81.003.506.016.01
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

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

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#3E8DD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva