#3EACD8#3EACD8

#3EACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EACD8
RGB	rgb(62, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -16.88, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 35.51, 241.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0768 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.117 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1288, 35.4837, 70.2663)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EACD8 #D86A3E

analogous

#3ED8B7 #3EACD8 #3E5FD8

triadic

#3EACD8 #D83EAC #ACD83E

tetradic

#3EACD8 #B73ED8 #D86A3E #5FD83E

square

#3EACD8 #B73ED8 #D86A3E #5FD83E

split-complementary

#3EACD8 #D83E5F #D8B73E

monochromatic

#1A6481 #248BB4 #3EACD8 #71C2E2 #A4D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#3EACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#3EACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EACD8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EACD8	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eacd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4e4',
    500: '#3eacd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eacd8;
$custom-light: #87c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eacd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EACD8

secondary

#D9AB98

accent

#6F3EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EACD8

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

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