#3EA9D0#3EA9D0

#3EA9D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.111 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA9D0
RGB	rgb(62, 169, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -17.89, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 33.80, 238.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0768 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.111 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5551, 33.9510, 64.7632)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA9D0 #D0653E

analogous

#3ED0AE #3EA9D0 #3E60D0

triadic

#3EA9D0 #D03EA9 #A9D03E

tetradic

#3EA9D0 #AE3ED0 #D0653E #60D03E

square

#3EA9D0 #AE3ED0 #D0653E #60D03E

split-complementary

#3EA9D0 #D03E60 #D0AE3E

monochromatic

#1D5F77 #2986A8 #3EA9D0 #6FBFDC #A0D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3EA9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#3EA9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA9D0

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA9D0	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 169, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.111 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2de',
    500: '#3ea9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea9d0;
$custom-light: #85c2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 60.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA9D0

secondary

#D4A695

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA9D0

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

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