#3EA8CF#3EA8CF

#3EA8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8CF
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -17.68, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 33.66, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0762 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.111 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2472, 33.5313, 64.0556)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8CF #CF653E

analogous

#3ECFAE #3EA8CF #3E5FCF

triadic

#3EA8CF #CF3EA8 #A8CF3E

tetradic

#3EA8CF #AE3ECF #CF653E #5FCF3E

square

#3EA8CF #AE3ECF #CF653E #5FCF3E

split-complementary

#3EA8CF #CF3E5F #CFAE3E

monochromatic

#1D5E75 #2985A6 #3EA8CF #6FBEDB #A0D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3EA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#3EA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8CF

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8CF	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dd',
    500: '#3ea8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8cf;
$custom-light: #85c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68736,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8CF

secondary

#D4A695

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8CF

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

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