#3EB5DB#3EB5DB

#3EB5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5DB
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -20.63, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 35.29, 234.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0845 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.116 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2914, 39.1827, 72.9180)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5DB #DB643E

analogous

#3EDBB2 #3EB5DB #3E67DB

triadic

#3EB5DB #DB3EB5 #B5DB3E

tetradic

#3EB5DB #B23EDB #DB643E #67DB3E

square

#3EB5DB #B23EDB #DB643E #67DB3E

split-complementary

#3EB5DB #DB3E67 #DBB23E

monochromatic

#196B86 #2395B9 #3EB5DB #72C9E5 #A5DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3EB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#3EB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5DB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5DB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbe6',
    500: '#3eb5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5db;
$custom-light: #88cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5DB

secondary

#DBA999

accent

#673CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5DB

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

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