#3E8EA4#3E8EA4

#3E8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.084 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA4
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -17.54, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 25.80, 227.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0655 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.084 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3578, 23.0486, 38.5961)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA4 #A4543E

analogous

#3EA487 #3E8EA4 #3E5BA4

triadic

#3E8EA4 #A43E8E #8EA43E

tetradic

#3E8EA4 #873EA4 #A4543E #5BA43E

square

#3E8EA4 #873EA4 #A4543E #5BA43E

split-complementary

#3E8EA4 #A43E5B #A4873E

monochromatic

#1C414B #2D6878 #3E8EA4 #5DACC2 #8AC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3E8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3E8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA4

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA4	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)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.084 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafbf',
    500: '#3e8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea4;
$custom-light: #7eafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60613,
    "c": 0.08402,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA4

secondary

#BD8E81

accent

#6F53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA4

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

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