#3E899B#3E899B

#3E899B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.078 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E899B
RGB	rgb(62, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -17.65, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 24.22, 223.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0636 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.078 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8463, 21.2803, 34.2237)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E899B #9B503E

analogous

#3E9B7F #3E899B #3E5A9B

triadic

#3E899B #9B3E89 #899B3E

tetradic

#3E899B #7F3E9B #9B503E #5A9B3E

square

#3E899B #7F3E9B #9B503E #5A9B3E

split-complementary

#3E899B #9B3E5A #9B7F3E

monochromatic

#1B3C44 #2D626F #3E899B #59AABD #85C0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3E899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#3E899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E899B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E899B	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.078 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabb8',
    500: '#3e899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e899b;
$custom-light: #7dabb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59006,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E899B

secondary

#B9887C

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E899B

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

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