#3EA5CE#3EA5CE

#3EA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.111 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5CE
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -16.41, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 33.77, 240.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0736 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.111 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5778, 32.3876, 63.2313)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5CE #CE673E

analogous

#3ECEAF #3EA5CE #3E5DCE

triadic

#3EA5CE #CE3EA5 #A5CE3E

tetradic

#3EA5CE #AF3ECE #CE673E #5DCE3E

square

#3EA5CE #AF3ECE #CE673E #5DCE3E

split-complementary

#3EA5CE #CE3E5D #CEAF3E

monochromatic

#1D5B74 #2A82A5 #3EA5CE #6FBCDA #A0D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3EA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#3EA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5CE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5CE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.111 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdd',
    500: '#3ea5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5ce;
$custom-light: #85bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5CE

secondary

#D3A695

accent

#7245E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5CE

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

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