#3E4A50#3E4A50

#3E4A50 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.018 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4A50
RGB	rgb(62, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(200, 13%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(200, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, -3.26, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 6.11, 237.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% -0.012 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.018 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8830, 6.5007, 8.5327)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4A50 #50443E

analogous

#3E504D #3E4A50 #3E4150

triadic

#3E4A50 #503E4A #4A503E

tetradic

#3E4A50 #4D3E50 #50443E #41503E

square

#3E4A50 #4D3E50 #50443E #41503E

split-complementary

#3E4A50 #503E41 #504D3E

monochromatic

#0D1011 #232A2E #3E4A50 #596A72 #758994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#3E4A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#3E4A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4A50

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4A50	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.018 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737c81',
    500: '#3e4a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4a50;
$custom-light: #737c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 12.676,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40081,
    "c": 0.01845,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4A50

secondary

#7F716B

accent

#8972B6

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#08090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4A50

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

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