#3F8DAE#3F8DAE

#3F8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.091 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8DAE
RGB	rgb(63, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -13.62, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 28.01, 240.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0599 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.091 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2118, 23.1605, 43.4941)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8DAE #AE603F

analogous

#3FAE98 #3F8DAE #3F56AE

triadic

#3F8DAE #AE3F8D #8DAE3F

tetradic

#3F8DAE #983FAE #AE603F #56AE3F

square

#3F8DAE #983FAE #AE603F #56AE3F

split-complementary

#3F8DAE #AE3F56 #AE983F

monochromatic

#1E4454 #2F6981 #3F8DAE #64A9C7 #90C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3F8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3F8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8DAE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8DAE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.091 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec6',
    500: '#3f8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8dae;
$custom-light: #7faec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60842,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8DAE

secondary

#C29887

accent

#7951D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8DAE

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

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