#3E8EDD#3E8EDD

#3E8EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.142 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EDD
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 1.67, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 47.32, 272.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0467 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.142 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7059, 25.5878, 72.0295)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EDD #DD8D3E

analogous

#3EDDDC #3E8EDD #3E3FDD

triadic

#3E8EDD #DD3E8E #8EDD3E

tetradic

#3E8EDD #DC3EDD #DD8D3E #3FDD3E

square

#3E8EDD #DC3EDD #DD8D3E #3FDD3E

split-complementary

#3E8EDD #DD3E3F #DDDC3E

monochromatic

#185189 #216FBD #3E8EDD #72ACE6 #A6CBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#3E8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#3E8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EDD

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EDD	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.142 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee8',
    500: '#3e8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8edd;
$custom-light: #86aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.811,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EDD

secondary

#DDBB9A

accent

#933BED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EDD

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

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