#3EA2C8#3EA2C8

#3EA2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.107 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA2C8
RGB	rgb(62, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -16.76, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 32.56, 239.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0727 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.107 227)
XYZ	xyz(25.3281, 31.0321, 59.2873)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA2C8 #C8643E

analogous

#3EC8A9 #3EA2C8 #3E5DC8

triadic

#3EA2C8 #C83EA2 #A2C83E

tetradic

#3EA2C8 #A93EC8 #C8643E #5DC83E

square

#3EA2C8 #A93EC8 #C8643E #5DC83E

split-complementary

#3EA2C8 #C83E5D #C8A93E

monochromatic

#1F576D #2D7E9C #3EA2C8 #6EB9D6 #9DD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#3EA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#3EA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA2C8

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA2C8	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.107 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd8',
    500: '#3ea2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea2c8;
$custom-light: #84bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67002,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.31035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA2C8

secondary

#CFA392

accent

#7249DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA2C8

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

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