#3EB3DC#3EB3DC

#3EB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB3DC
RGB	rgb(62, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -19.27, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 35.67, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0822 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.118 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0197, 38.4280, 73.4788)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB3DC #DC673E

analogous

#3EDCB6 #3EB3DC #3E64DC

triadic

#3EB3DC #DC3EB3 #B3DC3E

tetradic

#3EB3DC #B63EDC #DC673E #64DC3E

square

#3EB3DC #B63EDC #DC673E #64DC3E

split-complementary

#3EB3DC #DC3E64 #DCB63E

monochromatic

#196A87 #2293BB #3EB3DC #72C7E5 #A6DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3EB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3EB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB3DC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB3DC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9e7',
    500: '#3eb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb3dc;
$custom-light: #88c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB3DC

secondary

#DCAB9A

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB3DC

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

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