#3E899C#3E899C

#3E899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.079 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E899C
RGB	rgb(62, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -17.34, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 24.35, 224.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0632 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.079 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9306, 21.3141, 34.6678)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E899C #9C513E

analogous

#3E9C80 #3E899C #3E5A9C

triadic

#3E899C #9C3E89 #899C3E

tetradic

#3E899C #803E9C #9C513E #5A9C3E

square

#3E899C #803E9C #9C513E #5A9C3E

split-complementary

#3E899C #9C3E5A #9C803E

monochromatic

#1B3C44 #2D6370 #3E899C #5AA9BD #86C0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#3E899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#3E899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E899C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E899C	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.079 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabb9',
    500: '#3e899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e899c;
$custom-light: #7dabb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.128,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59048,
    "c": 0.07903,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E899C

secondary

#B9897D

accent

#6E55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E899C

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

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