#3E8EC4#3E8EC4

#3E8EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EC4
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -7.03, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 35.83, 258.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0539 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.113 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6196, 24.3533, 55.7751)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EC4 #C4743E

analogous

#3EC4B7 #3E8EC4 #3E4BC4

triadic

#3E8EC4 #C43E8E #8EC43E

tetradic

#3E8EC4 #B73EC4 #C4743E #4BC43E

square

#3E8EC4 #B73EC4 #C4743E #4BC43E

split-complementary

#3E8EC4 #C43E4B #C4B73E

monochromatic

#204B68 #2E6D97 #3E8EC4 #6DA9D2 #9CC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3E8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#3E8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EC4

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EC4	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed6',
    500: '#3e8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ec4;
$custom-light: #82aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62097,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EC4

secondary

#CDA991

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EC4

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

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