#3EA8CE#3EA8CE

#3EA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.110 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8CE
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -18.01, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 33.41, 237.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0766 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.11 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1253, 33.4826, 63.4138)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8CE #CE643E

analogous

#3ECEAC #3EA8CE #3E60CE

triadic

#3EA8CE #CE3EA8 #A8CE3E

tetradic

#3EA8CE #AC3ECE #CE643E #60CE3E

square

#3EA8CE #AC3ECE #CE643E #60CE3E

split-complementary

#3EA8CE #CE3E60 #CEAC3E

monochromatic

#1D5D74 #2A84A5 #3EA8CE #6FBEDA #A0D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#3EA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#3EA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8CE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8CE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.110 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dd',
    500: '#3ea8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8ce;
$custom-light: #85c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68691,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8CE

secondary

#D3A595

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8CE

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

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