#3EA8CD#3EA8CD

#3EA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.109 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8CD
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -18.33, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 33.17, 236.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0769 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.109 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0042, 33.4341, 62.7760)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8CD #CD633E

analogous

#3ECDAA #3EA8CD #3E61CD

triadic

#3EA8CD #CD3EA8 #A8CD3E

tetradic

#3EA8CD #AA3ECD #CD633E #61CD3E

square

#3EA8CD #AA3ECD #CD633E #61CD3E

split-complementary

#3EA8CD #CD3E61 #CDAA3E

monochromatic

#1E5D73 #2A84A3 #3EA8CD #6FBEDA #9FD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3EA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#3EA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8CD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8CD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.109 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dc',
    500: '#3ea8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8cd;
$custom-light: #85c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8CD

secondary

#D3A494

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8CD

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

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