#3E8FBA#3E8FBA

#3E8FBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.102 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FBA
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 186)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -10.96, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 31.64, 249.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0583 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.102 235)
XYZ	xyz(20.6685, 24.2120, 50.0290)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FBA #BA693E

analogous

#3EBAA7 #3E8FBA #3E51BA

triadic

#3E8FBA #BA3E8F #8FBA3E

tetradic

#3E8FBA #A73EBA #BA693E #51BA3E

square

#3E8FBA #A73EBA #BA693E #51BA3E

split-complementary

#3E8FBA #BA3E51 #BAA73E

monochromatic

#1F485E #2F6C8C #3E8FBA #68AACD #96C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3E8FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#3E8FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FBA

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FBA	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.102 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afcf',
    500: '#3e8fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fba;
$custom-light: #81afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.24214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FBA

secondary

#C8A18C

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FBA

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

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