#3EB5D6#3EB5D6

#3EB5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5D6
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -22.22, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 34.34, 229.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0864 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.113 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6430, 38.9234, 69.5033)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5D6 #D65F3E

analogous

#3ED6AB #3EB5D6 #3E69D6

triadic

#3EB5D6 #D63EB5 #B5D63E

tetradic

#3EB5D6 #AB3ED6 #D65F3E #69D63E

square

#3EB5D6 #AB3ED6 #D65F3E #69D63E

split-complementary

#3EB5D6 #D63E69 #D6AB3E

monochromatic

#1B697F #2693B1 #3EB5D6 #70C8E1 #A3DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3EB5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5D6

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5D6	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbe2',
    500: '#3eb5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5d6;
$custom-light: #87cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5D6

secondary

#D8A698

accent

#6440E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5D6

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

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