#3E8EA8#3E8EA8

#3E8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.087 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA8
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -16.28, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 26.56, 232.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0639 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.087 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7247, 23.1954, 40.5285)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA8 #A8583E

analogous

#3EA88D #3E8EA8 #3E59A8

triadic

#3E8EA8 #A83E8E #8EA83E

tetradic

#3E8EA8 #8D3EA8 #A8583E #59A83E

square

#3E8EA8 #8D3EA8 #A8583E #59A83E

split-complementary

#3E8EA8 #A83E59 #A88D3E

monochromatic

#1D424F #2E687B #3E8EA8 #5FABC4 #8CC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3E8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#3E8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA8	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.087 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafc2',
    500: '#3e8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea8;
$custom-light: #7eafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60783,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA8

secondary

#BF9183

accent

#7252D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA8

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

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