#3EA8CC#3EA8CC

#3EA8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.108 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8CC
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -18.65, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 32.94, 235.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0773 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.108 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8839, 33.3860, 62.1423)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8CC #CC623E

analogous

#3ECCA9 #3EA8CC #3E61CC

triadic

#3EA8CC #CC3EA8 #A8CC3E

tetradic

#3EA8CC #A93ECC #CC623E #61CC3E

square

#3EA8CC #A93ECC #CC623E #61CC3E

split-complementary

#3EA8CC #CC3E61 #CCA93E

monochromatic

#1E5C72 #2B84A2 #3EA8CC #6EBED9 #9FD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3EA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#3EA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8CC

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8CC	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.108 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2db',
    500: '#3ea8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8cc;
$custom-light: #85c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8CC

secondary

#D2A494

accent

#6E46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8CC

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

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