#3E8EA3#3E8EA3

#3E8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.083 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA3
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -17.85, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 25.64, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0659 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.083 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2678, 23.0126, 38.1224)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA3 #A3533E

analogous

#3EA386 #3E8EA3 #3E5CA3

triadic

#3E8EA3 #A33E8E #8EA33E

tetradic

#3E8EA3 #863EA3 #A3533E #5CA33E

square

#3E8EA3 #863EA3 #A3533E #5CA33E

split-complementary

#3E8EA3 #A33E5C #A3863E

monochromatic

#1C414A #2D6777 #3E8EA3 #5DACC1 #89C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3E8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3E8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA3	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)

#808AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.083 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafbe',
    500: '#3e8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea3;
$custom-light: #7eafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.475,
    "s": 44.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60571,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA3

secondary

#BD8D80

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA3

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

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