#3EB5CD#3EB5CD

#3EB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5CD
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -25.04, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 33.15, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0899 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.108 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5253, 38.4763, 63.6164)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5CD #CD563E

analogous

#3ECD9E #3EB5CD #3E6DCD

triadic

#3EB5CD #CD3EB5 #B5CD3E

tetradic

#3EB5CD #9E3ECD #CD563E #6DCD3E

square

#3EB5CD #9E3ECD #CD563E #6DCD3E

split-complementary

#3EB5CD #CD3E6D #CD9E3E

monochromatic

#1E6573 #2A8FA3 #3EB5CD #6FC8DA #9FDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#3EB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5CD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5CD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbdc',
    500: '#3eb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5cd;
$custom-light: #86cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71745,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5CD

secondary

#D39F94

accent

#6046E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5CD

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

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