#3EA2C9#3EA2C9

#3EA2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.108 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA2C9
RGB	rgb(62, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -16.43, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 32.82, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0724 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.108 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4453, 31.0790, 59.9048)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA2C9 #C9653E

analogous

#3EC9AB #3EA2C9 #3E5DC9

triadic

#3EA2C9 #C93EA2 #A2C93E

tetradic

#3EA2C9 #AB3EC9 #C9653E #5DC93E

square

#3EA2C9 #AB3EC9 #C9653E #5DC93E

split-complementary

#3EA2C9 #C93E5D #C9AB3E

monochromatic

#1F586E #2C7E9E #3EA2C9 #6EB9D6 #9ED0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#3EA2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#3EA2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA2C9

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA2C9	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.108 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd9',
    500: '#3ea2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea2c9;
$custom-light: #84bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67047,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA2C9

secondary

#D0A493

accent

#7348E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA2C9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →