#3EB1DC#3EB1DC

#3EB1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB1DC
RGB	rgb(62, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -18.22, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 35.89, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0803 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.118 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6218, 37.6322, 73.3461)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB1DC #DC693E

analogous

#3EDCB8 #3EB1DC #3E62DC

triadic

#3EB1DC #DC3EB1 #B1DC3E

tetradic

#3EB1DC #B83EDC #DC693E #62DC3E

square

#3EB1DC #B83EDC #DC693E #62DC3E

split-complementary

#3EB1DC #DC3E62 #DCB83E

monochromatic

#196987 #2291BB #3EB1DC #72C6E5 #A6DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3EB1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#3EB1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB1DC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB1DC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8e7',
    500: '#3eb1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb1dc;
$custom-light: #87c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.329,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71432,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB1DC

secondary

#DCAC9A

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB1DC

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

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