#3EA5C4#3EA5C4

#3EA5C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5C4
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 196)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -19.63, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 31.43, 231.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0773 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.103 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4015, 31.9171, 57.0357)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5C4 #C45D3E

analogous

#3EC4A0 #3EA5C4 #3E62C4

triadic

#3EA5C4 #C43EA5 #A5C43E

tetradic

#3EA5C4 #A03EC4 #C45D3E #62C43E

square

#3EA5C4 #A03EC4 #C45D3E #62C43E

split-complementary

#3EA5C4 #C43E62 #C4A03E

monochromatic

#205768 #2E7F97 #3EA5C4 #6DBBD2 #9CD1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3EA5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3EA5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5C4

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5C4	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd6',
    500: '#3ea5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5c4;
$custom-light: #83bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67543,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5C4

secondary

#CD9F91

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5C4

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

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