#3EB4CD#3EB4CD

#3EB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4CD
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -24.53, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 33.08, 222.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0889 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.108 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3227, 38.0711, 63.5488)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4CD #CD573E

analogous

#3ECD9F #3EB4CD #3E6CCD

triadic

#3EB4CD #CD3EB4 #B4CD3E

tetradic

#3EB4CD #9F3ECD #CD573E #6CCD3E

square

#3EB4CD #9F3ECD #CD573E #6CCD3E

split-complementary

#3EB4CD #CD3E6C #CD9F3E

monochromatic

#1E6473 #2A8EA3 #3EB4CD #6FC7DA #9FDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3EB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3EB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4CD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4CD	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)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cadc',
    500: '#3eb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4cd;
$custom-light: #86cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71506,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4CD

secondary

#D39F94

accent

#6146E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4CD

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

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