#3EA5BC#3EA5BC

#3EA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.099 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5BC
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -22.16, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 30.20, 222.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0804 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.099 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5151, 31.5625, 52.3674)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5BC #BC553E

analogous

#3EBC94 #3EA5BC #3E66BC

triadic

#3EA5BC #BC3EA5 #A5BC3E

tetradic

#3EA5BC #943EBC #BC553E #66BC3E

square

#3EA5BC #943EBC #BC553E #66BC3E

split-complementary

#3EA5BC #BC3E66 #BC943E

monochromatic

#205460 #2F7D8E #3EA5BC #6ABBCE #98D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3EA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#3EA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5BC

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5BC	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.099 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0d0',
    500: '#3ea5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5bc;
$custom-light: #82c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67209,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5BC

secondary

#C9988D

accent

#674EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5BC

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

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