#3E879F#3E879F

#3E879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.081 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E879F
RGB	rgb(62, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -15.31, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 24.87, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0597 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.081 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9061, 20.8536, 35.9284)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E879F #9F563E

analogous

#3E9F86 #3E879F #3E579F

triadic

#3E879F #9F3E87 #879F3E

tetradic

#3E879F #863E9F #9F563E #579F3E

square

#3E879F #863E9F #9F563E #579F3E

split-complementary

#3E879F #9F3E57 #9F863E

monochromatic

#1C3C47 #2D6273 #3E879F #5BA6BF #87BED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#3E879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#3E879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E879F

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E879F	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7984A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.081 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daabb',
    500: '#3e879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e879f;
$custom-light: #7daabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 43.891,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58683,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E879F

secondary

#BB8D7E

accent

#7454D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E879F

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

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