#3E8EAC#3E8EAC

#3E8EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.090 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8EAC
RGB	rgb(62, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -15.00, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 27.49, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0624 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.09 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1030, 23.3467, 42.5213)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8EAC #AC5C3E

analogous

#3EAC93 #3E8EAC #3E57AC

triadic

#3E8EAC #AC3E8E #8EAC3E

tetradic

#3E8EAC #933EAC #AC5C3E #57AC3E

square

#3E8EAC #933EAC #AC5C3E #57AC3E

split-complementary

#3E8EAC #AC3E57 #AC933E

monochromatic

#1E4452 #2E697F #3E8EAC #61ABC6 #8EC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3E8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3E8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8EAC

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8EAC	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.090 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc4',
    500: '#3e8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8eac;
$custom-light: #7fafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8EAC

secondary

#C19585

accent

#7651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8EAC

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

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