#3F8EA8#3F8EA8

#3F8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.086 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8EA8
RGB	rgb(63, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -16.09, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 26.40, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0633 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.086 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7880, 23.2280, 40.5315)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8EA8 #A8593F

analogous

#3FA88D #3F8EA8 #3F59A8

triadic

#3F8EA8 #A83F8E #8EA83F

tetradic

#3F8EA8 #8D3FA8 #A8593F #59A83F

square

#3F8EA8 #8D3FA8 #A8593F #59A83F

split-complementary

#3F8EA8 #A83F59 #A88D3F

monochromatic

#1E434F #2E687B #3F8EA8 #61ABC4 #8DC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#3F8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#3F8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8EA8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8EA8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.086 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc2',
    500: '#3f8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8ea8;
$custom-light: #7fafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60819,
    "c": 0.08604,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8EA8

secondary

#BF9284

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8EA8

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

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