#3EB4D9#3EB4D9

#3EB4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4D9
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -20.75, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.93, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0843 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.115 223)
XYZ	xyz(30.8271, 38.6728, 71.4721)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4D9 #D9633E

analogous

#3ED9B1 #3EB4D9 #3E66D9

triadic

#3EB4D9 #D93EB4 #B4D93E

tetradic

#3EB4D9 #B13ED9 #D9633E #66D93E

square

#3EB4D9 #B13ED9 #D9633E #66D93E

split-complementary

#3EB4D9 #D93E66 #D9B13E

monochromatic

#1A6A83 #2493B6 #3EB4D9 #71C8E3 #A4DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3EB4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#3EB4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4D9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4D9	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cae4',
    500: '#3eb4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4d9;
$custom-light: #87cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.38676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4D9

secondary

#DAA899

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4D9

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

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