#3EA8D9#3EA8D9

#3EA8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8D9
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -14.40, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 36.51, 246.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0726 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.119 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5086, 34.0359, 70.6993)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8D9 #D96F3E

analogous

#3ED9BD #3EA8D9 #3E5AD9

triadic

#3EA8D9 #D93EA8 #A8D93E

tetradic

#3EA8D9 #BD3ED9 #D96F3E #5AD93E

square

#3EA8D9 #BD3ED9 #D96F3E #5AD93E

split-complementary

#3EA8D9 #D93E5A #D9BD3E

monochromatic

#1A6283 #2488B6 #3EA8D9 #71BFE3 #A4D6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3EA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#3EA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8D9

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8D9	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c1e5',
    500: '#3ea8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8d9;
$custom-light: #86c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6919,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8D9

secondary

#DAAD99

accent

#743EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8D9

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

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