#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
RGBrgb(62, 180, 216)
HSLhsl(194, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(194, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.48, -21.07, -27.61)
CIE-LCHlch(68.48, 34.73, 232.65°)
OKLaboklab(71.96% -0.0847 -0.0772)
OKLCHoklch(71.96% 0.115 222.4)
XYZxyz(30.6974, 38.6210, 70.7892)
Luminance0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##3EB4D81.002.418.738.73
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7321.001.001.00
##0000008.7321.001.001.00

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

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#3EB4D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva