#3EA4C9#3EA4C9

#3EA4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA4C9
RGB	rgb(62, 164, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -17.50, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 32.59, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0744 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.107 226)
XYZ	xyz(25.8004, 31.7892, 60.0232)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA4C9 #C9633E

analogous

#3EC9A8 #3EA4C9 #3E5FC9

triadic

#3EA4C9 #C93EA4 #A4C93E

tetradic

#3EA4C9 #A83EC9 #C9633E #5FC93E

square

#3EA4C9 #A83EC9 #C9633E #5FC93E

split-complementary

#3EA4C9 #C93E5F #C9A83E

monochromatic

#1F596E #2C7F9E #3EA4C9 #6EBBD6 #9ED1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3EA4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#3EA4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA4C9

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA4C9	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfd9',
    500: '#3ea4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea4c9;
$custom-light: #84bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67522,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.31792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA4C9

secondary

#D0A393

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA4C9

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

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