#3EB4D8#3EB4D8

#3EB4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4D8
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -21.07, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 34.73, 232.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0847 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.115 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6974, 38.6210, 70.7892)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4D8 #D8623E

analogous

#3ED8AF #3EB4D8 #3E67D8

triadic

#3EB4D8 #D83EB4 #B4D83E

tetradic

#3EB4D8 #AF3ED8 #D8623E #67D83E

square

#3EB4D8 #AF3ED8 #D8623E #67D83E

split-complementary

#3EB4D8 #D83E67 #D8AF3E

monochromatic

#1A6981 #2493B4 #3EB4D8 #71C8E2 #A4DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3EB4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4D8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4D8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cae4',
    500: '#3eb4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4d8;
$custom-light: #87cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4D8

secondary

#D9A898

accent

#663EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4D8

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

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