#3E8B9C#3E8B9C

#3E8B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.079 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8B9C
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -18.42, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 24.50, 221.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0654 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.079 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2176, 21.8880, 34.7635)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8B9C #9C4F3E

analogous

#3E9C7E #3E8B9C #3E5C9C

triadic

#3E8B9C #9C3E8B #8B9C3E

tetradic

#3E8B9C #7E3E9C #9C4F3E #5C9C3E

square

#3E8B9C #7E3E9C #9C4F3E #5C9C3E

split-complementary

#3E8B9C #9C3E5C #9C7E3E

monochromatic

#1B3D44 #2D6470 #3E8B9C #5AABBD #86C2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#3E8B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#3E8B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8B9C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8B9C	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.079 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadb9',
    500: '#3e8b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8b9c;
$custom-light: #7dadb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.851,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8B9C

secondary

#B9887D

accent

#6C55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8B9C

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

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