#3EB0D8#3EB0D8

#3EB0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB0D8
RGB	rgb(62, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -18.99, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 35.02, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0808 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.115 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9016, 37.0292, 70.5239)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB0D8 #D8663E

analogous

#3ED8B3 #3EB0D8 #3E63D8

triadic

#3EB0D8 #D83EB0 #B0D83E

tetradic

#3EB0D8 #B33ED8 #D8663E #63D83E

square

#3EB0D8 #B33ED8 #D8663E #63D83E

split-complementary

#3EB0D8 #D83E63 #D8B33E

monochromatic

#1A6781 #248FB4 #3EB0D8 #71C5E2 #A4DAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3EB0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#3EB0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB0D8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB0D8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7e4',
    500: '#3eb0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb0d8;
$custom-light: #87c7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7102,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB0D8

secondary

#D9A998

accent

#6B3EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB0D8

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

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