#3E8EC5#3E8EC5

#3E8EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.114 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EC5
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -6.68, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 36.25, 259.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0536 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.114 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7338, 24.3990, 56.3766)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EC5 #C5753E

analogous

#3EC5B8 #3E8EC5 #3E4AC5

triadic

#3E8EC5 #C53E8E #8EC53E

tetradic

#3E8EC5 #B83EC5 #C5753E #4AC53E

square

#3E8EC5 #B83EC5 #C5753E #4AC53E

split-complementary

#3E8EC5 #C53E4A #C5B83E

monochromatic

#204B69 #2E6D98 #3E8EC5 #6DAAD3 #9CC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3E8EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3E8EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EC5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EC5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.114 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3e8ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ec5;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62148,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EC5

secondary

#CDAA91

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EC5

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

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