#3EA9CC#3EA9CC

#3EA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.108 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA9CC
RGB	rgb(62, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -19.18, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 32.87, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0783 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.108 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0692, 33.7566, 62.2041)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA9CC #CC613E

analogous

#3ECCA8 #3EA9CC #3E62CC

triadic

#3EA9CC #CC3EA9 #A9CC3E

tetradic

#3EA9CC #A83ECC #CC613E #62CC3E

square

#3EA9CC #A83ECC #CC613E #62CC3E

split-complementary

#3EA9CC #CC3E62 #CCA83E

monochromatic

#1E5D72 #2B85A2 #3EA9CC #6EBFD9 #9FD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#3EA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#3EA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA9CC

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA9CC	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.108 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2db',
    500: '#3ea9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea9cc;
$custom-light: #85c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68841,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA9CC

secondary

#D2A394

accent

#6D46E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA9CC

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

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