#3EA8D0#3EA8D0

#3EA8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8D0
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -17.36, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 33.91, 239.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0758 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.111 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3698, 33.5804, 64.7015)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8D0 #D0663E

analogous

#3ED0AF #3EA8D0 #3E5FD0

triadic

#3EA8D0 #D03EA8 #A8D03E

tetradic

#3EA8D0 #AF3ED0 #D0663E #5FD03E

square

#3EA8D0 #AF3ED0 #D0663E #5FD03E

split-complementary

#3EA8D0 #D03E5F #D0AF3E

monochromatic

#1D5E77 #2985A8 #3EA8D0 #6FBEDC #A0D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3EA8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#3EA8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8D0

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8D0	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2de',
    500: '#3ea8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8d0;
$custom-light: #85c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 60.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6878,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8D0

secondary

#D4A795

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8D0

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

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