#3E505A#3E505A

#3E505A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.028 H 232.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E505A
RGB	rgb(62, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(201, 18%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(201, 31%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, -4.31, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 9.21, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42% -0.017 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.028 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7002, 7.4994, 10.7654)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E505A #5A483E

analogous

#3E5A56 #3E505A #3E425A

triadic

#3E505A #5A3E50 #505A3E

tetradic

#3E505A #563E5A #5A483E #425A3E

square

#3E505A #563E5A #5A483E #425A3E

split-complementary

#3E505A #5A3E42 #5A563E

monochromatic

#0C1012 #253036 #3E505A #57707E #748F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#3E505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#3E505A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E505A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E505A	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.028 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#748188',
    500: '#3e505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e505a;
$custom-light: #748188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 18.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41998,
    "c": 0.02799,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E505A

secondary

#8A756A

accent

#896DBB

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#080A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E505A

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

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