#3EB4E2#3EB4E2

#3EB4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4E2
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -17.84, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 37.07, 241.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.081 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.122 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0298, 39.1539, 77.8061)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4E2 #E26C3E

analogous

#3EE2BE #3EB4E2 #3E62E2

triadic

#3EB4E2 #E23EB4 #B4E23E

tetradic

#3EB4E2 #BE3EE2 #E26C3E #62E23E

square

#3EB4E2 #BE3EE2 #E26C3E #62E23E

split-complementary

#3EB4E2 #E23E62 #E2BE3E

monochromatic

#166E90 #1E96C5 #3EB4E2 #73C9EA #A8DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3EB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#3EB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4E2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4E2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88caeb',
    500: '#3eb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4e2;
$custom-light: #88caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.829,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4E2

secondary

#E0AF9C

accent

#6B37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4E2

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

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