#3EB2DC#3EB2DC

#3EB2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB2DC
RGB	rgb(62, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -18.74, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 35.78, 238.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0812 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.118 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8200, 38.0287, 73.4122)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB2DC #DC683E

analogous

#3EDCB7 #3EB2DC #3E63DC

triadic

#3EB2DC #DC3EB2 #B2DC3E

tetradic

#3EB2DC #B73EDC #DC683E #63DC3E

square

#3EB2DC #B73EDC #DC683E #63DC3E

split-complementary

#3EB2DC #DC3E63 #DCB73E

monochromatic

#196A87 #2292BB #3EB2DC #72C7E5 #A6DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3EB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3EB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB2DC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB2DC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9e7',
    500: '#3eb2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb2dc;
$custom-light: #87c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB2DC

secondary

#DCAB9A

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB2DC

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

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