#3EA2C4#3EA2C4

#3EA2C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA2C4
RGB	rgb(62, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -18.05, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 31.58, 235.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0742 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.104 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8667, 30.8476, 56.8575)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA2C4 #C4603E

analogous

#3EC4A3 #3EA2C4 #3E5FC4

triadic

#3EA2C4 #C43EA2 #A2C43E

tetradic

#3EA2C4 #A33EC4 #C4603E #5FC43E

square

#3EA2C4 #A33EC4 #C4603E #5FC43E

split-complementary

#3EA2C4 #C43E5F #C4A33E

monochromatic

#205668 #2E7C97 #3EA2C4 #6DB9D2 #9CCFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3EA2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#3EA2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA2C4

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA2C4	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd6',
    500: '#3ea2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea2c4;
$custom-light: #83bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66826,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA2C4

secondary

#CDA091

accent

#704BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA2C4

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

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