#3E8EA5#3E8EA5

#3E8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.085 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA5
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -17.23, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 25.97, 228.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0651 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.085 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4484, 23.0849, 39.0736)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA5 #A5553E

analogous

#3EA589 #3E8EA5 #3E5BA5

triadic

#3E8EA5 #A53E8E #8EA53E

tetradic

#3E8EA5 #893EA5 #A5553E #5BA53E

square

#3E8EA5 #893EA5 #A5553E #5BA53E

split-complementary

#3E8EA5 #A53E5B #A5893E

monochromatic

#1D414C #2D6879 #3E8EA5 #5EACC2 #8AC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3E8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3E8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.085 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafbf',
    500: '#3e8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea5;
$custom-light: #7eafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.398,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60655,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA5

secondary

#BE8F81

accent

#7053D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA5

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

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