#3E8EA1#3E8EA1

#3E8EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.082 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA1
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -18.48, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 25.36, 223.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0667 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.082 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0900, 22.9415, 37.1861)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA1 #A1513E

analogous

#3EA182 #3E8EA1 #3E5CA1

triadic

#3E8EA1 #A13E8E #8EA13E

tetradic

#3E8EA1 #823EA1 #A1513E #5CA13E

square

#3E8EA1 #823EA1 #A1513E #5CA13E

split-complementary

#3E8EA1 #A13E5C #A1823E

monochromatic

#1C4049 #2D6775 #3E8EA1 #5CADC0 #88C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3E8EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3E8EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA1

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA1	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.082 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafbc',
    500: '#3e8ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea1;
$custom-light: #7eafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.515,
    "s": 44.395,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60488,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA1

secondary

#BC8B7F

accent

#6C54D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA1

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

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