#3E8EA2#3E8EA2

#3E8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.083 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA2
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -18.17, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 25.49, 224.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.0663 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.083 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1786, 22.9769, 37.6524)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA2 #A2523E

analogous

#3EA284 #3E8EA2 #3E5CA2

triadic

#3E8EA2 #A23E8E #8EA23E

tetradic

#3E8EA2 #843EA2 #A2523E #5CA23E

square

#3E8EA2 #843EA2 #A2523E #5CA23E

split-complementary

#3E8EA2 #A23E5C #A2843E

monochromatic

#1C4049 #2D6776 #3E8EA2 #5CADC1 #89C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3E8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3E8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA2	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)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.083 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafbd',
    500: '#3e8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea2;
$custom-light: #7eafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60529,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA2

secondary

#BC8C80

accent

#6D53D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA2

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

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