#3E8BAE#3E8BAE

#3E8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.092 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8BAE
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -12.69, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 28.45, 243.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0584 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.092 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8562, 22.5434, 43.3938)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8BAE #AE613E

analogous

#3EAE99 #3E8BAE #3E53AE

triadic

#3E8BAE #AE3E8B #8BAE3E

tetradic

#3E8BAE #993EAE #AE613E #53AE3E

square

#3E8BAE #993EAE #AE613E #53AE3E

split-complementary

#3E8BAE #AE3E53 #AE993E

monochromatic

#1E4354 #2E6781 #3E8BAE #62A8C7 #8FC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3E8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3E8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8BAE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8BAE	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.092 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc6',
    500: '#3e8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8bae;
$custom-light: #7facc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8BAE

secondary

#C29986

accent

#7B51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8BAE

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

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