#3E8EBE#3E8EBE

#3E8EBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.106 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EBE
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -9.06, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 33.40, 254.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0559 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.106 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9503, 24.0856, 52.2501)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EBE #BE6E3E

analogous

#3EBEAE #3E8EBE #3E4EBE

triadic

#3E8EBE #BE3E8E #8EBE3E

tetradic

#3E8EBE #AE3EBE #BE6E3E #4EBE3E

square

#3E8EBE #AE3EBE #BE6E3E #4EBE3E

split-complementary

#3E8EBE #BE3E4E #BEAE3E

monochromatic

#204962 #2F6C90 #3E8EBE #6BA9CF #99C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3E8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#3E8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EBE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EBE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.106 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afd1',
    500: '#3e8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ebe;
$custom-light: #81afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61798,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EBE

secondary

#C9A58E

accent

#824EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EBE

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

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