#3E8EA9#3E8EA9

#3E8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.087 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EA9
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -15.96, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 26.77, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0635 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.087 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8182, 23.2328, 41.0211)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EA9 #A9593E

analogous

#3EA98E #3E8EA9 #3E59A9

triadic

#3E8EA9 #A93E8E #8EA93E

tetradic

#3E8EA9 #8E3EA9 #A9593E #59A93E

square

#3E8EA9 #8E3EA9 #A9593E #59A93E

split-complementary

#3E8EA9 #A93E59 #A98E3E

monochromatic

#1D434F #2E687C #3E8EA9 #60ABC5 #8CC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3E8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3E8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EA9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EA9	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.087 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc2',
    500: '#3e8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8ea9;
$custom-light: #7fafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.14,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60827,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EA9

secondary

#C09283

accent

#7352D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EA9

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

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