#3EA5CB#3EA5CB

#3EA5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5CB
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -17.38, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 32.98, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0747 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.108 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2169, 32.2433, 61.3302)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5CB #CB643E

analogous

#3ECBAA #3EA5CB #3E5FCB

triadic

#3EA5CB #CB3EA5 #A5CB3E

tetradic

#3EA5CB #AA3ECB #CB643E #5FCB3E

square

#3EA5CB #AA3ECB #CB643E #5FCB3E

split-complementary

#3EA5CB #CB3E5F #CBAA3E

monochromatic

#1E5A70 #2B81A1 #3EA5CB #6EBBD8 #9ED2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3EA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#3EA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5CB

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5CB	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdb',
    500: '#3ea5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5cb;
$custom-light: #84bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67848,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5CB

secondary

#D1A494

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5CB

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

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