#3E879D#3E879D

#3E879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.080 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E879D
RGB	rgb(62, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -15.94, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 24.47, 229.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0605 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.08 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7340, 20.7848, 35.0217)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E879D #9D543E

analogous

#3E9D83 #3E879D #3E579D

triadic

#3E879D #9D3E87 #879D3E

tetradic

#3E879D #833E9D #9D543E #579D3E

square

#3E879D #833E9D #9D543E #579D3E

split-complementary

#3E879D #9D3E57 #9D833E

monochromatic

#1B3C45 #2D6171 #3E879D #5AA7BE #86BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#3E879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#3E879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E879D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E879D	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.080 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daaba',
    500: '#3e879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e879d;
$custom-light: #7daaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58597,
    "c": 0.07952,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E879D

secondary

#BA8B7D

accent

#7255D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E879D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →