#3E8BAC#3E8BAC

#3E8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.090 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BAC
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -13.34, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 27.84, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0591 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.09 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6627, 22.4660, 42.3746)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BAC #AC5F3E

analogous

#3EAC96 #3E8BAC #3E54AC

triadic

#3E8BAC #AC3E8B #8BAC3E

tetradic

#3E8BAC #963EAC #AC5F3E #54AC3E

square

#3E8BAC #963EAC #AC5F3E #54AC3E

split-complementary

#3E8BAC #AC3E54 #AC963E

monochromatic

#1E4252 #2E677F #3E8BAC #61A8C6 #8EC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3E8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#3E8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BAC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BAC	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.090 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc4',
    500: '#3e8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bac;
$custom-light: #7fadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60232,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BAC

secondary

#C19785

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BAC

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

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