#3E8FAE#3E8FAE

#3E8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.091 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FAE
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -14.90, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 27.90, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0627 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.091 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4460, 23.7230, 43.5904)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FAE #AE5D3E

analogous

#3EAE95 #3E8FAE #3E57AE

triadic

#3E8FAE #AE3E8F #8FAE3E

tetradic

#3E8FAE #953EAE #AE5D3E #57AE3E

square

#3E8FAE #953EAE #AE5D3E #57AE3E

split-complementary

#3E8FAE #AE3E57 #AE953E

monochromatic

#1E4554 #2E6A81 #3E8FAE #62ABC7 #8FC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3E8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3E8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FAE

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FAE	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.091 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc6',
    500: '#3e8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8fae;
$custom-light: #7fafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.607,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61289,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FAE

secondary

#C29686

accent

#7651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FAE

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

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