#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
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -21.27, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 34.88, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0853 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.115 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0297, 39.0780, 71.5396)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3EB5D9	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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