#3EA5C5#3EA5C5

#3EA5C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5C5
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -19.32, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 31.63, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0769 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.104 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5157, 31.9628, 57.6372)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5C5 #C55E3E

analogous

#3EC5A1 #3EA5C5 #3E61C5

triadic

#3EA5C5 #C53EA5 #A5C53E

tetradic

#3EA5C5 #A13EC5 #C55E3E #61C53E

square

#3EA5C5 #A13EC5 #C55E3E #61C53E

split-complementary

#3EA5C5 #C53E61 #C5A13E

monochromatic

#205869 #2E7F98 #3EA5C5 #6DBBD3 #9CD1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3EA5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#3EA5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5C5

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5C5	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfd6',
    500: '#3ea5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5c5;
$custom-light: #84bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67586,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5C5

secondary

#CDA091

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5C5

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

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