#3EA5CF#3EA5CF

#3EA5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.112 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5CF
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -16.08, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 34.04, 241.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0732 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.112 229)
XYZ	xyz(26.6997, 32.4364, 63.8731)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5CF #CF683E

analogous

#3ECFB0 #3EA5CF #3E5DCF

triadic

#3EA5CF #CF3EA5 #A5CF3E

tetradic

#3EA5CF #B03ECF #CF683E #5DCF3E

square

#3EA5CF #B03ECF #CF683E #5DCF3E

split-complementary

#3EA5CF #CF3E5D #CFB03E

monochromatic

#1D5C75 #2982A6 #3EA5CF #6FBCDB #A0D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3EA5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#3EA5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5CF

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5CF	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.112 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdd',
    500: '#3ea5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5cf;
$custom-light: #85bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68027,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.32439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5CF

secondary

#D4A795

accent

#7244E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5CF

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

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