#3E8DAC#3E8DAC

#3E8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.090 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DAC
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -14.45, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 27.59, 238.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0613 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.09 227)
XYZ	xyz(18.9549, 23.0505, 42.4720)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DAC #AC5D3E

analogous

#3EAC94 #3E8DAC #3E56AC

triadic

#3E8DAC #AC3E8D #8DAC3E

tetradic

#3E8DAC #943EAC #AC5D3E #56AC3E

square

#3E8DAC #943EAC #AC5D3E #56AC3E

split-complementary

#3E8DAC #AC3E56 #AC943E

monochromatic

#1E4352 #2E687F #3E8DAC #61AAC6 #8EC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3E8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3E8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DAC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DAC	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.090 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec4',
    500: '#3e8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8dac;
$custom-light: #7faec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60716,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.23052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DAC

secondary

#C19685

accent

#7751D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DAC

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

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