#3E8EB5#3E8EB5

#3E8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.097 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EB5
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -12.06, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 30.14, 246.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.059 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.097 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9968, 23.7042, 47.2286)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EB5 #B5653E

analogous

#3EB5A0 #3E8EB5 #3E52B5

triadic

#3E8EB5 #B53E8E #8EB53E

tetradic

#3E8EB5 #A03EB5 #B5653E #52B53E

square

#3E8EB5 #A03EB5 #B5653E #52B53E

split-complementary

#3E8EB5 #B53E52 #B5A03E

monochromatic

#1F465A #2E6A87 #3E8EB5 #66A9CA #93C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3E8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EB5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EB5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.097 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afcb',
    500: '#3e8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8eb5;
$custom-light: #80afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61367,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EB5

secondary

#C59D89

accent

#7C4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EB5

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

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