#3EA6CC#3EA6CC

#3EA6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA6CC
RGB	rgb(62, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -17.59, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 33.12, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0753 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.109 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5175, 32.6532, 62.0202)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA6CC #CC643E

analogous

#3ECCAB #3EA6CC #3E5FCC

triadic

#3EA6CC #CC3EA6 #A6CC3E

tetradic

#3EA6CC #AB3ECC #CC643E #5FCC3E

square

#3EA6CC #AB3ECC #CC643E #5FCC3E

split-complementary

#3EA6CC #CC3E5F #CCAB3E

monochromatic

#1E5B72 #2B82A2 #3EA6CC #6EBCD9 #9FD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3EA6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#3EA6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA6CC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA6CC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0db',
    500: '#3ea6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea6cc;
$custom-light: #85c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68129,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA6CC

secondary

#D2A494

accent

#7046E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA6CC

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

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