#3EB4E6#3EB4E6

#3EB4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4E6
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -16.54, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 38.19, 244.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0796 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.125 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5850, 39.3760, 80.7306)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4E6 #E6703E

analogous

#3EE6C4 #3EB4E6 #3E60E6

triadic

#3EB4E6 #E63EB4 #B4E63E

tetradic

#3EB4E6 #C43EE6 #E6703E #60E63E

square

#3EB4E6 #C43EE6 #E6703E #60E63E

split-complementary

#3EB4E6 #E63E60 #E6C43E

monochromatic

#136F96 #1A97CC #3EB4E6 #74C9ED #AADEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3EB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4E6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4E6	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89caee',
    500: '#3eb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4e6;
$custom-light: #89caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4E6

secondary

#E2B29E

accent

#6D34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4E6

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

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