#3E87A5#3E87A5

#3E87A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.086 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E87A5
RGB	rgb(62, 135, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -13.39, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 26.37, 239.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0574 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.086 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4395, 21.0669, 38.7373)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E87A5 #A55C3E

analogous

#3EA590 #3E87A5 #3E54A5

triadic

#3E87A5 #A53E87 #87A53E

tetradic

#3E87A5 #903EA5 #A55C3E #54A53E

square

#3E87A5 #903EA5 #A55C3E #54A53E

split-complementary

#3E87A5 #A53E54 #A5903E

monochromatic

#1D3E4C #2D6379 #3E87A5 #5EA5C2 #8ABED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#3E87A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#3E87A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E87A5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E87A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E87A5	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7785A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e87a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 135, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.086 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaabf',
    500: '#3e87a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e87a5;
$custom-light: #7eaabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e87a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58947,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E87A5

secondary

#BE9381

accent

#7953D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E87A5

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

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