#3E8EC6#3E8EC6

#3E8EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EC6
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -6.34, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 36.67, 260.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0533 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.115 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8487, 24.4450, 56.9820)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EC6 #C6763E

analogous

#3EC6BA #3E8EC6 #3E4AC6

triadic

#3E8EC6 #C63E8E #8EC63E

tetradic

#3E8EC6 #BA3EC6 #C6763E #4AC63E

square

#3E8EC6 #BA3EC6 #C6763E #4AC63E

split-complementary

#3E8EC6 #C63E4A #C6BA3E

monochromatic

#1F4B6A #2D6D99 #3E8EC6 #6DAAD4 #9CC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3E8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#3E8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EC6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EC6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3e8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ec6;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EC6

secondary

#CEAB92

accent

#874ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EC6

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

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