#3EA9CF#3EA9CF

#3EA9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA9CF
RGB	rgb(62, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -18.21, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 33.55, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0772 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.11 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4325, 33.9020, 64.1174)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA9CF #CF643E

analogous

#3ECFAC #3EA9CF #3E60CF

triadic

#3EA9CF #CF3EA9 #A9CF3E

tetradic

#3EA9CF #AC3ECF #CF643E #60CF3E

square

#3EA9CF #AC3ECF #CF643E #60CF3E

split-complementary

#3EA9CF #CF3E60 #CFAC3E

monochromatic

#1D5E75 #2986A6 #3EA9CF #6FBFDB #A0D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3EA9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#3EA9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA9CF

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA9CF	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2dd',
    500: '#3ea9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea9cf;
$custom-light: #85c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA9CF

secondary

#D4A595

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA9CF

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

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