#3EA5CD#3EA5CD

#3EA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5CD
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -16.73, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 33.50, 240.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0739 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.11 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4567, 32.3392, 62.5935)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5CD #CD663E

analogous

#3ECDAD #3EA5CD #3E5ECD

triadic

#3EA5CD #CD3EA5 #A5CD3E

tetradic

#3EA5CD #AD3ECD #CD663E #5ECD3E

square

#3EA5CD #AD3ECD #CD663E #5ECD3E

split-complementary

#3EA5CD #CD3E5E #CDAD3E

monochromatic

#1E5B73 #2A82A3 #3EA5CD #6FBCDA #9FD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3EA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#3EA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5CD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5CD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdc',
    500: '#3ea5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5cd;
$custom-light: #85bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67937,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5CD

secondary

#D3A694

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5CD

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

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