#3E899F#3E899F

#3E899F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.081 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E899F
RGB	rgb(62, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -16.40, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 24.85, 228.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.062 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.081 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1878, 21.4169, 36.0223)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E899F #9F543E

analogous

#3E9F84 #3E899F #3E589F

triadic

#3E899F #9F3E89 #899F3E

tetradic

#3E899F #843E9F #9F543E #589F3E

square

#3E899F #843E9F #9F543E #589F3E

split-complementary

#3E899F #9F3E58 #9F843E

monochromatic

#1C3D47 #2D6373 #3E899F #5BA8BF #87C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#3E899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3E899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E899F

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E899F	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#7B86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.081 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabbb',
    500: '#3e899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e899f;
$custom-light: #7dabbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.608,
    "s": 43.891,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59174,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E899F

secondary

#BB8C7E

accent

#7154D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E899F

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

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