#3E8EB2#3E8EB2

#3E8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.095 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EB2
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -13.05, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 29.18, 243.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0601 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.095 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6923, 23.5824, 45.6249)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EB2 #B2623E

analogous

#3EB29C #3E8EB2 #3E54B2

triadic

#3E8EB2 #B23E8E #8EB23E

tetradic

#3E8EB2 #9C3EB2 #B2623E #54B23E

square

#3E8EB2 #9C3EB2 #B2623E #54B23E

split-complementary

#3E8EB2 #B23E54 #B29C3E

monochromatic

#1E4657 #2E6A85 #3E8EB2 #64AAC9 #92C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3E8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3E8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EB2

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EB2	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.095 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afc9',
    500: '#3e8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8eb2;
$custom-light: #80afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61229,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EB2

secondary

#C49A88

accent

#7A50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EB2

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

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