#3E8FAC#3E8FAC

#3E8FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.089 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FAC
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -15.54, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 27.41, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0635 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.089 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2525, 23.6456, 42.5712)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FAC #AC5B3E

analogous

#3EAC92 #3E8FAC #3E58AC

triadic

#3E8FAC #AC3E8F #8FAC3E

tetradic

#3E8FAC #923EAC #AC5B3E #58AC3E

square

#3E8FAC #923EAC #AC5B3E #58AC3E

split-complementary

#3E8FAC #AC3E58 #AC923E

monochromatic

#1E4452 #2E6A7F #3E8FAC #61ABC6 #8EC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3E8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3E8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FAC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FAC	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.089 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc4',
    500: '#3e8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fac;
$custom-light: #7fafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61201,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FAC

secondary

#C19585

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FAC

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

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