#3EA3C9#3EA3C9

#3EA3C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.107 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA3C9
RGB	rgb(62, 163, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -16.97, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 32.70, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0734 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.107 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6222, 31.4327, 59.9638)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA3C9 #C9643E

analogous

#3EC9AA #3EA3C9 #3E5EC9

triadic

#3EA3C9 #C93EA3 #A3C93E

tetradic

#3EA3C9 #AA3EC9 #C9643E #5EC93E

square

#3EA3C9 #AA3EC9 #C9643E #5EC93E

split-complementary

#3EA3C9 #C93E5E #C9AA3E

monochromatic

#1F586E #2C7F9E #3EA3C9 #6EBAD6 #9ED1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#3EA3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#3EA3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA3C9

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA3C9	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 163, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.107 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bed9',
    500: '#3ea3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea3c9;
$custom-light: #84bed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67284,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA3C9

secondary

#D0A493

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA3C9

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

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