#3E8CA8#3E8CA8

#3E8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.087 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8CA8
RGB	rgb(62, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -15.19, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 26.66, 235.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0617 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.087 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4298, 22.6056, 40.4302)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8CA8 #A85A3E

analogous

#3EA88F #3E8CA8 #3E57A8

triadic

#3E8CA8 #A83E8C #8CA83E

tetradic

#3E8CA8 #8F3EA8 #A85A3E #57A83E

square

#3E8CA8 #8F3EA8 #A85A3E #57A83E

split-complementary

#3E8CA8 #A83E57 #A88F3E

monochromatic

#1D414F #2E677B #3E8CA8 #5FA9C4 #8CC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3E8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3E8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8CA8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8CA8	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.087 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc2',
    500: '#3e8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ca8;
$custom-light: #7eadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60296,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8CA8

secondary

#BF9383

accent

#7552D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8CA8

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

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