#3E8FA5#3E8FA5

#3E8FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.085 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FA5
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -17.76, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 25.99, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0662 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.085 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5979, 23.3838, 39.1234)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FA5 #A5543E

analogous

#3EA588 #3E8FA5 #3E5BA5

triadic

#3E8FA5 #A53E8F #8FA53E

tetradic

#3E8FA5 #883EA5 #A5543E #5BA53E

square

#3E8FA5 #883EA5 #A5543E #5BA53E

split-complementary

#3E8FA5 #A53E5B #A5883E

monochromatic

#1D424C #2D6879 #3E8FA5 #5EADC2 #8AC4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#3E8FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#3E8FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FA5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FA5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.085 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0bf',
    500: '#3e8fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fa5;
$custom-light: #7eb0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.816,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.609,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FA5

secondary

#BE8E81

accent

#6F53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FA5

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

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