#3E8FA4#3E8FA4

#3E8FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.084 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FA4
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -18.08, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 25.83, 225.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0666 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.084 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5072, 23.3475, 38.6459)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FA4 #A4533E

analogous

#3EA486 #3E8FA4 #3E5CA4

triadic

#3E8FA4 #A43E8F #8FA43E

tetradic

#3E8FA4 #863EA4 #A4533E #5CA43E

square

#3E8FA4 #863EA4 #A4533E #5CA43E

split-complementary

#3E8FA4 #A43E5C #A4863E

monochromatic

#1C424B #2D6878 #3E8FA4 #5DADC2 #8AC4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3E8FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#3E8FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FA4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FA4	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)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.084 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0bf',
    500: '#3e8fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fa4;
$custom-light: #7eb0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60858,
    "c": 0.08408,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FA4

secondary

#BD8D81

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FA4

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

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