#3EB5D5#3EB5D5

#3EB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5D5
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -22.54, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 34.17, 228.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0868 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.113 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5157, 38.8725, 68.8328)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5D5 #D55E3E

analogous

#3ED5AA #3EB5D5 #3E6AD5

triadic

#3EB5D5 #D53EB5 #B5D53E

tetradic

#3EB5D5 #AA3ED5 #D55E3E #6AD53E

square

#3EB5D5 #AA3ED5 #D55E3E #6AD53E

split-complementary

#3EB5D5 #D53E6A #D5AA3E

monochromatic

#1B697D #2692B0 #3EB5D5 #70C8E0 #A3DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#3EB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5D5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5D5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbe2',
    500: '#3eb5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5d5;
$custom-light: #87cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5D5

secondary

#D8A597

accent

#6441E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5D5

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

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