#3E899D#3E899D

#3E899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.080 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E899D
RGB	rgb(62, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -17.03, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 24.51, 225.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0628 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.08 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0156, 21.3481, 35.1156)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E899D #9D523E

analogous

#3E9D82 #3E899D #3E599D

triadic

#3E899D #9D3E89 #899D3E

tetradic

#3E899D #823E9D #9D523E #599D3E

square

#3E899D #823E9D #9D523E #599D3E

split-complementary

#3E899D #9D3E59 #9D823E

monochromatic

#1B3C45 #2D6371 #3E899D #5AA9BE #86C0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3E899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#3E899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E899D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E899D	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.080 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabba',
    500: '#3e899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e899d;
$custom-light: #7dabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5909,
    "c": 0.0796,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E899D

secondary

#BA8A7D

accent

#6F55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E899D

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

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