#3EA5D0#3EA5D0

#3EA5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.112 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5D0
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -15.75, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 34.33, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0728 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.112 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8223, 32.4854, 64.5190)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5D0 #D0693E

analogous

#3ED0B2 #3EA5D0 #3E5CD0

triadic

#3EA5D0 #D03EA5 #A5D03E

tetradic

#3EA5D0 #B23ED0 #D0693E #5CD03E

square

#3EA5D0 #B23ED0 #D0693E #5CD03E

split-complementary

#3EA5D0 #D03E5C #D0B23E

monochromatic

#1D5C77 #2982A8 #3EA5D0 #6FBCDC #A0D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3EA5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#3EA5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5D0

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5D0	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.112 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfde',
    500: '#3ea5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5d0;
$custom-light: #85bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 60.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68072,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5D0

secondary

#D4A895

accent

#7344E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5D0

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

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