#3E8A9C#3E8A9C

#3E8A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.079 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A9C
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -17.88, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 24.42, 222.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0643 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.079 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0734, 21.5997, 34.7154)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A9C #9C503E

analogous

#3E9C7F #3E8A9C #3E5B9C

triadic

#3E8A9C #9C3E8A #8A9C3E

tetradic

#3E8A9C #7F3E9C #9C503E #5B9C3E

square

#3E8A9C #7F3E9C #9C503E #5B9C3E

split-complementary

#3E8A9C #9C3E5B #9C7F3E

monochromatic

#1B3D44 #2D6370 #3E8A9C #5AAABD #86C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#3E8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#3E8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A9C

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A9C	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.079 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacb9',
    500: '#3e8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a9c;
$custom-light: #7dacb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59295,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A9C

secondary

#B9887D

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A9C

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

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