#3EB3CE#3EB3CE

#3EB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB3CE
RGB	rgb(62, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -23.71, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 33.13, 224.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0875 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.109 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2426, 37.7172, 64.1195)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB3CE #CE593E

analogous

#3ECEA1 #3EB3CE #3E6BCE

triadic

#3EB3CE #CE3EB3 #B3CE3E

tetradic

#3EB3CE #A13ECE #CE593E #6BCE3E

square

#3EB3CE #A13ECE #CE593E #6BCE3E

split-complementary

#3EB3CE #CE3E6B #CEA13E

monochromatic

#1D6474 #2A8EA5 #3EB3CE #6FC6DA #A0D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3EB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#3EB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB3CE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB3CE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cadd',
    500: '#3eb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb3ce;
$custom-light: #86cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB3CE

secondary

#D3A095

accent

#6345E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB3CE

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

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