#3F8EA6#3F8EA6

#3F8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.085 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8EA6
RGB	rgb(63, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -16.73, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 25.99, 229.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0641 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.085 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6031, 23.1541, 39.5578)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8EA6 #A6573F

analogous

#3FA68B #3F8EA6 #3F5AA6

triadic

#3F8EA6 #A63F8E #8EA63F

tetradic

#3F8EA6 #8B3FA6 #A6573F #5AA63F

square

#3F8EA6 #8B3FA6 #A6573F #5AA63F

split-complementary

#3F8EA6 #A63F5A #A68B3F

monochromatic

#1D424D #2E687A #3F8EA6 #60ABC3 #8CC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#3F8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#3F8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8EA6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8EA6	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)

#808BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.085 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc0',
    500: '#3f8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8ea6;
$custom-light: #7fafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60734,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8EA6

secondary

#BE9083

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8EA6

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

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