#3E87A3#3E87A3

#3E87A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.084 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E87A3
RGB	rgb(62, 135, 163)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -14.04, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 25.83, 237.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0581 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.084 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2588, 20.9947, 37.7861)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E87A3 #A35A3E

analogous

#3EA38D #3E87A3 #3E55A3

triadic

#3E87A3 #A33E87 #87A33E

tetradic

#3E87A3 #8D3EA3 #A35A3E #55A33E

square

#3E87A3 #8D3EA3 #A35A3E #55A33E

split-complementary

#3E87A3 #A33E55 #A38D3E

monochromatic

#1C3E4A #2D6277 #3E87A3 #5DA5C1 #89BED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#3E87A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#3E87A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E87A3

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E87A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E87A3	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7884A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e87a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 135, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.084 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daabe',
    500: '#3e87a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e87a3;
$custom-light: #7daabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e87a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 44.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58858,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E87A3

secondary

#BD9180

accent

#7753D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E87A3

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

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