#3E5259#3E5259

#3E5259 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.027 H 221.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E5259
RGB	rgb(62, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(196, 18%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, -5.81, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 8.80, 228.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% -0.0205 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.027 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8065, 7.7797, 10.5922)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E5259 #59453E

analogous

#3E5953 #3E5259 #3E4559

triadic

#3E5259 #593E52 #52593E

tetradic

#3E5259 #533E59 #59453E #45593E

square

#3E5259 #533E59 #59453E #45593E

split-complementary

#3E5259 #593E45 #59533E

monochromatic

#0D1112 #253135 #3E5259 #57737D #74939E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#3E5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#3E5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E5259

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E5259	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.027 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#748287',
    500: '#3e5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e5259;
$custom-light: #748287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 17.881,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42463,
    "c": 0.02728,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E5259

secondary

#89726A

accent

#816DBB

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#080A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E5259

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

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