#3F8CAA#3F8CAA

#3F8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.088 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8CAA
RGB	rgb(63, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -14.36, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 27.02, 237.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0603 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.088 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6808, 22.7133, 41.4220)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8CAA #AA5D3F

analogous

#3FAA92 #3F8CAA #3F57AA

triadic

#3F8CAA #AA3F8C #8CAA3F

tetradic

#3F8CAA #923FAA #AA5D3F #57AA3F

square

#3F8CAA #923FAA #AA5D3F #57AA3F

split-complementary

#3F8CAA #AA3F57 #AA923F

monochromatic

#1E4251 #2E677D #3F8CAA #62A9C5 #8EC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3F8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3F8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8CAA

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8CAA	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.088 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc3',
    500: '#3f8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8caa;
$custom-light: #7fadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60421,
    "c": 0.08785,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8CAA

secondary

#C09585

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8CAA

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

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