#3E8A9E#3E8A9E

#3E8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.080 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A9E
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -17.26, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 24.70, 225.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0635 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.08 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2442, 21.6680, 35.6147)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A9E #9E523E

analogous

#3E9E82 #3E8A9E #3E5A9E

triadic

#3E8A9E #9E3E8A #8A9E3E

tetradic

#3E8A9E #823E9E #9E523E #5A9E3E

square

#3E8A9E #823E9E #9E523E #5A9E3E

split-complementary

#3E8A9E #9E3E5A #9E823E

monochromatic

#1C3D46 #2D6472 #3E8A9E #5BAABF #87C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#3E8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#3E8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A9E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A9E	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.080 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacba',
    500: '#3e8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a9e;
$custom-light: #7dacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59378,
    "c": 0.08026,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A9E

secondary

#BA8A7E

accent

#6F54D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A9E

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

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