#3EB5D7#3EB5D7

#3EB5D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5D7
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -21.90, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 34.51, 230.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.086 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.114 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7711, 38.9746, 70.1779)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5D7 #D7603E

analogous

#3ED7AC #3EB5D7 #3E69D7

triadic

#3EB5D7 #D73EB5 #B5D73E

tetradic

#3EB5D7 #AC3ED7 #D7603E #69D73E

square

#3EB5D7 #AC3ED7 #D7603E #69D73E

split-complementary

#3EB5D7 #D73E69 #D7AC3E

monochromatic

#1B6A80 #2593B3 #3EB5D7 #71C8E2 #A3DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3EB5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5D7

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5D7	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbe3',
    500: '#3eb5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5d7;
$custom-light: #87cbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 65.665,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5D7

secondary

#D9A698

accent

#653FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5D7

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

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