#3EA1C9#3EA1C9

#3EA1C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.108 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA1C9
RGB	rgb(62, 161, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -15.89, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 32.95, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0714 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.108 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2699, 30.7281, 59.8464)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA1C9 #C9663E

analogous

#3EC9AB #3EA1C9 #3E5CC9

triadic

#3EA1C9 #C93EA1 #A1C93E

tetradic

#3EA1C9 #AB3EC9 #C9663E #5CC93E

square

#3EA1C9 #AB3EC9 #C9663E #5CC93E

split-complementary

#3EA1C9 #C93E5C #C9AB3E

monochromatic

#1F576E #2C7D9E #3EA1C9 #6EB8D6 #9ED0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#3EA1C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#3EA1C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA1C9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA1C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA1C9	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea1c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 161, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.108 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcd9',
    500: '#3ea1c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea1c9;
$custom-light: #84bcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea1c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA1C9

secondary

#D0A493

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA1C9

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

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