#3EA6CD#3EA6CD

#3EA6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA6CD
RGB	rgb(62, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -17.27, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 33.38, 238.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0749 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.11 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6378, 32.7013, 62.6539)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA6CD #CD653E

analogous

#3ECDAD #3EA6CD #3E5ECD

triadic

#3EA6CD #CD3EA6 #A6CD3E

tetradic

#3EA6CD #AD3ECD #CD653E #5ECD3E

square

#3EA6CD #AD3ECD #CD653E #5ECD3E

split-complementary

#3EA6CD #CD3E5E #CDAD3E

monochromatic

#1E5C73 #2A82A3 #3EA6CD #6FBCDA #9FD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#3EA6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#3EA6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA6CD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA6CD	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0dc',
    500: '#3ea6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea6cd;
$custom-light: #85c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68174,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA6CD

secondary

#D3A594

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA6CD

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

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