#3E899E#3E899E

#3E899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.080 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E899E
RGB	rgb(62, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -16.72, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 24.67, 227.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0624 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.08 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1014, 21.3824, 35.5671)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E899E #9E533E

analogous

#3E9E83 #3E899E #3E599E

triadic

#3E899E #9E3E89 #899E3E

tetradic

#3E899E #833E9E #9E533E #599E3E

square

#3E899E #833E9E #9E533E #599E3E

split-complementary

#3E899E #9E3E59 #9E833E

monochromatic

#1C3D46 #2D6372 #3E899E #5BA9BF #87C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3E899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3E899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E899E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E899E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.080 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabba',
    500: '#3e899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e899e;
$custom-light: #7dabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E899E

secondary

#BA8B7E

accent

#7054D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E899E

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

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