#3EB2DD#3EB2DD

#3EB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB2DD
RGB	rgb(62, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -18.42, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 36.03, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0809 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.119 227)
XYZ	xyz(30.9528, 38.0818, 74.1118)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB2DD #DD693E

analogous

#3EDDB8 #3EB2DD #3E63DD

triadic

#3EB2DD #DD3EB2 #B2DD3E

tetradic

#3EB2DD #B83EDD #DD693E #63DD3E

square

#3EB2DD #B83EDD #DD693E #63DD3E

split-complementary

#3EB2DD #DD3E63 #DDB83E

monochromatic

#186A89 #2193BD #3EB2DD #72C7E6 #A6DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3EB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#3EB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB2DD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB2DD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9e7',
    500: '#3eb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb2dd;
$custom-light: #88c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7171,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.38085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB2DD

secondary

#DDAC9A

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB2DD

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

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