#3EA4CD#3EA4CD

#3EA4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.110 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA4CD
RGB	rgb(62, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -16.20, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 33.63, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0729 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.11 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2771, 31.9799, 62.5336)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA4CD #CD673E

analogous

#3ECDAF #3EA4CD #3E5CCD

triadic

#3EA4CD #CD3EA4 #A4CD3E

tetradic

#3EA4CD #AF3ECD #CD673E #5CCD3E

square

#3EA4CD #AF3ECD #CD673E #5CCD3E

split-complementary

#3EA4CD #CD3E5C #CDAF3E

monochromatic

#1E5A73 #2A81A3 #3EA4CD #6FBBDA #9FD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3EA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#3EA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA4CD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA4CD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.110 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdc',
    500: '#3ea4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea4cd;
$custom-light: #85bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.677,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA4CD

secondary

#D3A694

accent

#7346E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA4CD

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

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