#3E8EC8#3E8EC8

#3E8EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EC8
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -5.66, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 37.53, 261.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0526 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.117 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0809, 24.5379, 58.2050)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EC8 #C8783E

analogous

#3EC8BD #3E8EC8 #3E49C8

triadic

#3E8EC8 #C83E8E #8EC83E

tetradic

#3E8EC8 #BD3EC8 #C8783E #49C83E

square

#3E8EC8 #BD3EC8 #C8783E #49C83E

split-complementary

#3E8EC8 #C83E49 #C8BD3E

monochromatic

#1F4C6D #2D6D9C #3E8EC8 #6EAAD6 #9DC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3E8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3E8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EC8

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EC8	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed9',
    500: '#3e8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ec8;
$custom-light: #83aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62302,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EC8

secondary

#CFAC92

accent

#8849DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EC8

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

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