#3EA5BD#3EA5BD

#3EA5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.099 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5BD
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -21.84, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 30.32, 223.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.08 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.099 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6232, 31.6058, 52.9371)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5BD #BD563E

analogous

#3EBD96 #3EA5BD #3E65BD

triadic

#3EA5BD #BD3EA5 #A5BD3E

tetradic

#3EA5BD #963EBD #BD563E #65BD3E

square

#3EA5BD #963EBD #BD563E #65BD3E

split-complementary

#3EA5BD #BD3E65 #BD963E

monochromatic

#205561 #2F7D8F #3EA5BD #6ABBCE #98D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3EA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#3EA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5BD

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5BD	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.099 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0d1',
    500: '#3ea5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5bd;
$custom-light: #83c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6725,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5BD

secondary

#C9998E

accent

#684EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5BD

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

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