#3E8DAB#3E8DAB

#3E8DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.089 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DAB
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -14.77, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 27.33, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0617 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.089 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8593, 23.0122, 41.9681)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DAB #AB5C3E

analogous

#3EAB92 #3E8DAB #3E56AB

triadic

#3E8DAB #AB3E8D #8DAB3E

tetradic

#3E8DAB #923EAB #AB5C3E #56AB3E

square

#3E8DAB #923EAB #AB5C3E #56AB3E

split-complementary

#3E8DAB #AB3E56 #AB923E

monochromatic

#1D4351 #2E687E #3E8DAB #61AAC6 #8EC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3E8DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3E8DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DAB

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DAB	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.089 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec4',
    500: '#3e8dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dab;
$custom-light: #7faec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.514,
    "s": 46.781,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60671,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DAB

secondary

#C19584

accent

#7651D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DAB

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

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