#3E8CA5#3E8CA5

#3E8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.085 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CA5
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -16.14, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 25.99, 231.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0629 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.085 222)
XYZ	xyz(18.1535, 22.4951, 38.9753)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CA5 #A5573E

analogous

#3EA58B #3E8CA5 #3E59A5

triadic

#3E8CA5 #A53E8C #8CA53E

tetradic

#3E8CA5 #8B3EA5 #A5573E #59A53E

square

#3E8CA5 #8B3EA5 #A5573E #59A53E

split-complementary

#3E8CA5 #A53E59 #A58B3E

monochromatic

#1D414C #2D6679 #3E8CA5 #5EAAC2 #8AC1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3E8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#3E8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CA5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CA5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.085 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadbf',
    500: '#3e8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ca5;
$custom-light: #7eadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.563,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60166,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CA5

secondary

#BE9081

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CA5

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

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