#3E8EA6#3E8EA6

#3E8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.085 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA6
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -16.91, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 26.15, 229.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0647 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.085 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5398, 23.1214, 39.5548)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA6 #A6563E

analogous

#3EA68A #3E8EA6 #3E5AA6

triadic

#3E8EA6 #A63E8E #8EA63E

tetradic

#3E8EA6 #8A3EA6 #A6563E #5AA63E

square

#3E8EA6 #8A3EA6 #A6563E #5AA63E

split-complementary

#3E8EA6 #A63E5A #A68A3E

monochromatic

#1D424D #2D6879 #3E8EA6 #5EACC3 #8BC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3E8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3E8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA6

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA6	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.085 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc0',
    500: '#3e8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea6;
$custom-light: #7eafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60698,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA6

secondary

#BE9082

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA6

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

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