#3EA2C5#3EA2C5

#3EA2C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA2C5
RGB	rgb(62, 162, 197)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -17.73, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 31.82, 236.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0739 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.104 225)
XYZ	xyz(24.9809, 30.8932, 57.4589)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA2C5 #C5613E

analogous

#3EC5A5 #3EA2C5 #3E5EC5

triadic

#3EA2C5 #C53EA2 #A2C53E

tetradic

#3EA2C5 #A53EC5 #C5613E #5EC53E

square

#3EA2C5 #A53EC5 #C5613E #5EC53E

split-complementary

#3EA2C5 #C53E5E #C5A53E

monochromatic

#205669 #2E7D98 #3EA2C5 #6DB9D3 #9CCFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3EA2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#3EA2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA2C5

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA2C5	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 162, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd6',
    500: '#3ea2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea2c5;
$custom-light: #83bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6687,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.30896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA2C5

secondary

#CDA191

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA2C5

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

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