#3E8EC3#3E8EC3

#3E8EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.112 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EC3
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -7.37, -34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 35.41, 257.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0542 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.112 241)
XYZ	xyz(21.5061, 24.3080, 55.1777)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EC3 #C3733E

analogous

#3EC3B6 #3E8EC3 #3E4BC3

triadic

#3E8EC3 #C33E8E #8EC33E

tetradic

#3E8EC3 #B63EC3 #C3733E #4BC33E

square

#3E8EC3 #B63EC3 #C3733E #4BC33E

split-complementary

#3E8EC3 #C33E4B #C3B63E

monochromatic

#204A67 #2E6C95 #3E8EC3 #6DA9D2 #9BC5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3E8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3E8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EC3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EC3	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.112 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed5',
    500: '#3e8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ec3;
$custom-light: #82aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.91,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62047,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.2431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EC3

secondary

#CCA891

accent

#854CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EC3

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

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