#3E8DA8#3E8DA8

#3E8DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.087 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DA8
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -15.73, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 26.60, 233.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0628 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.087 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5766, 22.8991, 40.4792)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DA8 #A8593E

analogous

#3EA88E #3E8DA8 #3E58A8

triadic

#3E8DA8 #A83E8D #8DA83E

tetradic

#3E8DA8 #8E3EA8 #A8593E #58A83E

square

#3E8DA8 #8E3EA8 #A8593E #58A83E

split-complementary

#3E8DA8 #A83E58 #A88E3E

monochromatic

#1D424F #2E677B #3E8DA8 #5FAAC4 #8CC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3E8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3E8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DA8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DA8	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.087 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec2',
    500: '#3e8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8da8;
$custom-light: #7eaec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.283,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6054,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DA8

secondary

#BF9283

accent

#7452D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DA8

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

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