#3E8BA2#3E8BA2

#3E8BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.083 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BA2
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -16.55, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 25.41, 229.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.063 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.083 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7382, 22.0962, 37.5056)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BA2 #A2553E

analogous

#3EA287 #3E8BA2 #3E59A2

triadic

#3E8BA2 #A23E8B #8BA23E

tetradic

#3E8BA2 #873EA2 #A2553E #59A23E

square

#3E8BA2 #873EA2 #A2553E #59A23E

split-complementary

#3E8BA2 #A23E59 #A2873E

monochromatic

#1C3F49 #2D6576 #3E8BA2 #5CAAC1 #89C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#3E8BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#3E8BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BA2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BA2	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.083 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadbd',
    500: '#3e8ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ba2;
$custom-light: #7dadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59792,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BA2

secondary

#BC8E80

accent

#7153D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BA2

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

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