#3E8FB5#3E8FB5

#3E8FB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.097 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FB5
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 181)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -12.62, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 29.94, 245.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0601 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.097 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1463, 24.0031, 47.2784)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FB5 #B5643E

analogous

#3EB5A0 #3E8FB5 #3E53B5

triadic

#3E8FB5 #B53E8F #8FB53E

tetradic

#3E8FB5 #A03EB5 #B5643E #53B53E

square

#3E8FB5 #A03EB5 #B5643E #53B53E

split-complementary

#3E8FB5 #B53E53 #B5A03E

monochromatic

#1F475A #2E6B87 #3E8FB5 #66AACA #93C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3E8FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3E8FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FB5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FB5	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.097 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afcb',
    500: '#3e8fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fb5;
$custom-light: #80afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61607,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FB5

secondary

#C59D89

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FB5

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

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