#3E8D9E#3E8D9E

#3E8D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.081 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8D9E
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -18.87, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 24.92, 220.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0669 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.081 214)
XYZ	xyz(17.6805, 22.5407, 35.7601)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8D9E #9E4F3E

analogous

#3E9E7F #3E8D9E #3E5D9E

triadic

#3E8D9E #9E3E8D #8D9E3E

tetradic

#3E8D9E #7F3E9E #9E4F3E #5D9E3E

square

#3E8D9E #7F3E9E #9E4F3E #5D9E3E

split-complementary

#3E8D9E #9E3E5D #9E7F3E

monochromatic

#1C3F46 #2D6672 #3E8D9E #5BADBF #87C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3E8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3E8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8D9E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8D9E	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)

#80899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.081 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daeba',
    500: '#3e8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8d9e;
$custom-light: #7daeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.625,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60118,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.22543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8D9E

secondary

#BA887E

accent

#6B54D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8D9E

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

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