#3E8CA1#3E8CA1

#3E8CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.082 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CA1
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -17.40, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 25.25, 226.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0645 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.082 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7951, 22.3517, 37.0878)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CA1 #A1533E

analogous

#3EA184 #3E8CA1 #3E5AA1

triadic

#3E8CA1 #A13E8C #8CA13E

tetradic

#3E8CA1 #843EA1 #A1533E #5AA13E

square

#3E8CA1 #843EA1 #A1533E #5AA13E

split-complementary

#3E8CA1 #A13E5A #A1843E

monochromatic

#1C3F49 #2D6675 #3E8CA1 #5CABC0 #88C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#3E8CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#3E8CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CA1

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CA1	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.082 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadbc',
    500: '#3e8ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ca1;
$custom-light: #7dadbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 44.395,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59996,
    "c": 0.08215,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CA1

secondary

#BC8C7F

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CA1

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

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