#3EB5D1#3EB5D1

#3EB5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5D1
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -23.79, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 33.59, 224.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0883 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.11 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0143, 38.6719, 66.1918)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5D1 #D15A3E

analogous

#3ED1A4 #3EB5D1 #3E6BD1

triadic

#3EB5D1 #D13EB5 #B5D13E

tetradic

#3EB5D1 #A43ED1 #D15A3E #6BD13E

square

#3EB5D1 #A43ED1 #D15A3E #6BD13E

split-complementary

#3EB5D1 #D13E6B #D1A43E

monochromatic

#1D6778 #2891A9 #3EB5D1 #6FC8DD #A1DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3EB5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#3EB5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5D1

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5D1	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)

#A2B0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbdf',
    500: '#3eb5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5d1;
$custom-light: #86cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5D1

secondary

#D5A296

accent

#6243E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5D1

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

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