#3E8A9F#3E8A9F

#3E8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.081 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A9F
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -16.95, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 24.87, 227.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0631 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.081 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3306, 21.7026, 36.0699)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A9F #9F533E

analogous

#3E9F83 #3E8A9F #3E599F

triadic

#3E8A9F #9F3E8A #8A9F3E

tetradic

#3E8A9F #833E9F #9F533E #599F3E

square

#3E8A9F #833E9F #9F533E #599F3E

split-complementary

#3E8A9F #9F3E59 #9F833E

monochromatic

#1C3E47 #2D6473 #3E8A9F #5BA9BF #87C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#3E8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#3E8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A9F

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A9F	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.081 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacbb',
    500: '#3e8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a9f;
$custom-light: #7dacbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.99,
    "s": 43.891,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5942,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A9F

secondary

#BB8B7E

accent

#7054D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A9F

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

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