#3EA5CC#3EA5CC

#3EA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.109 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5CC
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -17.06, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 33.24, 239.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0743 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.109 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3364, 32.2911, 61.9598)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5CC #CC653E

analogous

#3ECCAC #3EA5CC #3E5ECC

triadic

#3EA5CC #CC3EA5 #A5CC3E

tetradic

#3EA5CC #AC3ECC #CC653E #5ECC3E

square

#3EA5CC #AC3ECC #CC653E #5ECC3E

split-complementary

#3EA5CC #CC3E5E #CCAC3E

monochromatic

#1E5B72 #2B81A2 #3EA5CC #6EBCD9 #9FD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3EA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#3EA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5CC

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5CC	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.109 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfdb',
    500: '#3ea5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5cc;
$custom-light: #84bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5CC

secondary

#D2A594

accent

#7146E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5CC

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

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