#3EA5CA#3EA5CA

#3EA5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5CA
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -17.71, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 32.73, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.075 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.108 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0981, 32.1957, 60.7046)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5CA #CA633E

analogous

#3ECAA9 #3EA5CA #3E5FCA

triadic

#3EA5CA #CA3EA5 #A5CA3E

tetradic

#3EA5CA #A93ECA #CA633E #5FCA3E

square

#3EA5CA #A93ECA #CA633E #5FCA3E

split-complementary

#3EA5CA #CA3E5F #CAA93E

monochromatic

#1F5A6F #2C819F #3EA5CA #6EBBD7 #9ED2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3EA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#3EA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5CA

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5CA	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfda',
    500: '#3ea5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5ca;
$custom-light: #84bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67804,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5CA

secondary

#D1A393

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5CA

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

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