#3EA0C4#3EA0C4

#3EA0C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.104 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA0C4
RGB	rgb(62, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -16.98, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 31.76, 237.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0722 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.104 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5172, 30.1486, 56.7410)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA0C4 #C4623E

analogous

#3EC4A5 #3EA0C4 #3E5DC4

triadic

#3EA0C4 #C43EA0 #A0C43E

tetradic

#3EA0C4 #A53EC4 #C4623E #5DC43E

square

#3EA0C4 #A53EC4 #C4623E #5DC43E

split-complementary

#3EA0C4 #C43E5D #C4A53E

monochromatic

#205468 #2E7B97 #3EA0C4 #6DB7D2 #9CCEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#3EA0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#3EA0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA0C4

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA0C4	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.104 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcd6',
    500: '#3ea0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea0c4;
$custom-light: #83bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66349,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA0C4

secondary

#CDA191

accent

#724BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA0C4

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

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