#3E8FAF#3E8FAF

#3E8FAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.092 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8FAF
RGB	rgb(62, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -14.58, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 28.17, 238.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0623 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.092 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5439, 23.7622, 44.1057)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8FAF #AF5E3E

analogous

#3EAF97 #3E8FAF #3E57AF

triadic

#3E8FAF #AF3E8F #8FAF3E

tetradic

#3E8FAF #973EAF #AF5E3E #57AF3E

square

#3E8FAF #973EAF #AF5E3E #57AF3E

split-complementary

#3E8FAF #AF3E57 #AF973E

monochromatic

#1E4555 #2E6A82 #3E8FAF #63ABC8 #90C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#3E8FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#3E8FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8FAF

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8FAF	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	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)

#7E8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.092 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc7',
    500: '#3e8faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8faf;
$custom-light: #7fafc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61334,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8FAF

secondary

#C39786

accent

#7751D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8FAF

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

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