#3E8DDD#3E8DDD

#3E8DDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.143 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DDD
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 2.26, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 47.80, 272.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0457 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.143 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5577, 25.2916, 71.9801)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DDD #DD8E3E

analogous

#3EDCDD #3E8DDD #3F3EDD

triadic

#3E8DDD #DD3E8D #8DDD3E

tetradic

#3E8DDD #DD3EDC #DD8E3E #3EDD3F

square

#3E8DDD #DD3EDC #DD8E3E #3EDD3F

split-complementary

#3E8DDD #DD3F3E #DCDD3E

monochromatic

#185089 #216EBD #3E8DDD #72ACE6 #A6CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3E8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#3E8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DDD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DDD	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6892E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.143 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade8',
    500: '#3e8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ddd;
$custom-light: #86ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.189,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63216,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DDD

secondary

#DDBC9A

accent

#943BED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DDD

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

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