#3E8FC8#3E8FC8

#3E8FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FC8
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -6.23, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 37.17, 260.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0536 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.117 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2304, 24.8368, 58.2548)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FC8 #C8773E

analogous

#3EC8BC #3E8FC8 #3E4AC8

triadic

#3E8FC8 #C83E8F #8FC83E

tetradic

#3E8FC8 #BC3EC8 #C8773E #4AC83E

square

#3E8FC8 #BC3EC8 #C8773E #4AC83E

split-complementary

#3E8FC8 #C83E4A #C8BC3E

monochromatic

#1F4D6D #2D6E9C #3E8FC8 #6EABD6 #9DC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#3E8FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#3E8FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FC8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FC8	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afd9',
    500: '#3e8fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fc8;
$custom-light: #83afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62534,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FC8

secondary

#CFAC92

accent

#8749DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FC8

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

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