#3EB5D9#3EB5D9

#3EB5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3EB5D9
RGBrgb(62, 181, 217)
HSLhsl(194, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(194, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.81, -21.27, -27.65)
CIE-LCHlch(68.81, 34.88, 232.43°)
OKLaboklab(72.24% -0.0853 -0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(72.24% 0.115 222.2)
XYZxyz(31.0297, 39.0780, 71.5396)
Luminance0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3EB5D9 #D9623E
analogous
#3ED9AF #3EB5D9 #3E68D9
triadic
#3EB5D9 #D93EB5 #B5D93E
tetradic
#3EB5D9 #AF3ED9 #D9623E #68D93E
square
#3EB5D9 #AF3ED9 #D9623E #68D93E
split-complementary
#3EB5D9 #D93E68 #D9AF3E
monochromatic
#1A6A83 #2494B6 #3EB5D9 #71C9E3 #A4DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#3EB5D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82
#3EB5D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5D9
8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3EB5D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3EB5D91.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B1DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA1D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3eb5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 222.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbe4',
    500: '#3eb5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3eb5d9;
$custom-light: #87cbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3eb5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3EB5D9
secondary
#DAA899
accent
#663EEA
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5D9

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#3EB5D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva