#3E8ECD#3E8ECD

#3E8ECD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.123 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8ECD
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -3.93, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 39.76, 264.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0511 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.123 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6749, 24.7754, 61.3329)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8ECD #CD7D3E

analogous

#3ECDC5 #3E8ECD #3E46CD

triadic

#3E8ECD #CD3E8E #8ECD3E

tetradic

#3E8ECD #C53ECD #CD7D3E #46CD3E

square

#3E8ECD #C53ECD #CD7D3E #46CD3E

split-complementary

#3E8ECD #CD3E46 #CDC53E

monochromatic

#1E4D73 #2A6EA3 #3E8ECD #6FAADA #9FC7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3E8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#3E8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8ECD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8ECD	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.123 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aedc',
    500: '#3e8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ecd;
$custom-light: #84aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.434,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62563,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8ECD

secondary

#D3B094

accent

#8B46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8ECD

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

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