#3EB4CE#3EB4CE

#3EB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4CE
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -24.22, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 33.18, 223.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0885 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.109 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4438, 38.1195, 64.1866)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4CE #CE583E

analogous

#3ECEA0 #3EB4CE #3E6CCE

triadic

#3EB4CE #CE3EB4 #B4CE3E

tetradic

#3EB4CE #A03ECE #CE583E #6CCE3E

square

#3EB4CE #A03ECE #CE583E #6CCE3E

split-complementary

#3EB4CE #CE3E6C #CEA03E

monochromatic

#1D6474 #2A8FA5 #3EB4CE #6FC7DA #A0DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3EB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#3EB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4CE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4CE	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cadd',
    500: '#3eb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4ce;
$custom-light: #86cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4CE

secondary

#D3A095

accent

#6245E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4CE

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

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