#3E8CA2#3E8CA2

#3E8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.083 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CA2
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -17.09, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 25.42, 227.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0641 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.083 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8837, 22.3871, 37.5541)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CA2 #A2543E

analogous

#3EA286 #3E8CA2 #3E5AA2

triadic

#3E8CA2 #A23E8C #8CA23E

tetradic

#3E8CA2 #863EA2 #A2543E #5AA23E

square

#3E8CA2 #863EA2 #A2543E #5AA23E

split-complementary

#3E8CA2 #A23E5A #A2863E

monochromatic

#1C4049 #2D6676 #3E8CA2 #5CABC1 #89C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#3E8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#3E8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CA2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CA2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.083 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadbd',
    500: '#3e8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ca2;
$custom-light: #7eadbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60038,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CA2

secondary

#BC8D80

accent

#7053D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CA2

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

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