#3E8599#3E8599

#3E8599 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.077 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8599
RGB	rgb(62, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, -16.10, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 23.71, 227.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0599 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.077 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1216, 20.0975, 33.1604)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8599 #99523E

analogous

#3E9980 #3E8599 #3E5799

triadic

#3E8599 #993E85 #85993E

tetradic

#3E8599 #803E99 #99523E #57993E

square

#3E8599 #803E99 #99523E #57993E

split-complementary

#3E8599 #993E57 #99803E

monochromatic

#1B3942 #2C5F6D #3E8599 #59A6BC #84BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#3E8599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#3E8599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8599

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8599	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.077 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca8b7',
    500: '#3e8599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8599;
$custom-light: #7ca8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.187,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57934,
    "c": 0.07695,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8599

secondary

#B8897B

accent

#7156D2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8599

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

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