#3E889E#3E889E

#3E889E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.080 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E889E
RGB	rgb(62, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -16.17, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 24.66, 229.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0612 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.08 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9599, 21.0994, 35.5199)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E889E #9E543E

analogous

#3E9E84 #3E889E #3E589E

triadic

#3E889E #9E3E88 #889E3E

tetradic

#3E889E #843E9E #9E543E #589E3E

square

#3E889E #843E9E #9E543E #589E3E

split-complementary

#3E889E #9E3E58 #9E843E

monochromatic

#1C3C46 #2D6272 #3E889E #5BA8BF #87BFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#3E889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#3E889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E889E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E889E	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.080 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daaba',
    500: '#3e889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e889e;
$custom-light: #7daaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58886,
    "c": 0.08018,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E889E

secondary

#BA8C7E

accent

#7254D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E889E

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

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