#3EA4C8#3EA4C8

#3EA4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA4C8
RGB	rgb(62, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -17.82, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 32.35, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0748 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.106 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6832, 31.7423, 59.4057)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA4C8 #C8623E

analogous

#3EC8A7 #3EA4C8 #3E5FC8

triadic

#3EA4C8 #C83EA4 #A4C83E

tetradic

#3EA4C8 #A73EC8 #C8623E #5FC83E

square

#3EA4C8 #A73EC8 #C8623E #5FC83E

split-complementary

#3EA4C8 #C83E5F #C8A73E

monochromatic

#1F586D #2D7F9C #3EA4C8 #6EBAD6 #9DD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3EA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#3EA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA4C8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA4C8	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfd8',
    500: '#3ea4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea4c8;
$custom-light: #84bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67478,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA4C8

secondary

#CFA292

accent

#7049DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA4C8

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

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