#3E899A#3E899A

#3E899A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.078 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E899A
RGB	rgb(62, 137, 154)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -17.96, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 24.09, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.064 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.078 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7627, 21.2469, 33.7833)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E899A #9A4F3E

analogous

#3E9A7D #3E899A #3E5B9A

triadic

#3E899A #9A3E89 #899A3E

tetradic

#3E899A #7D3E9A #9A4F3E #5B9A3E

square

#3E899A #7D3E9A #9A4F3E #5B9A3E

split-complementary

#3E899A #9A3E5B #9A7D3E

monochromatic

#1B3B43 #2C626E #3E899A #59AABC #85C0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3E899A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#3E899A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E899A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E899A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E899A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e899a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 137, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.078 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cabb7',
    500: '#3e899a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e899a;
$custom-light: #7cabb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e899a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.087,
    "s": 42.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58965,
    "c": 0.07798,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E899A

secondary

#B8877C

accent

#6D55D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E899A

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

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