#3EB5E1#3EB5E1

#3EB5E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3EB5E1
RGBrgb(62, 181, 225)
HSLhsl(196, 73%, 56%)
HSVhsv(196, 72%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.12, -18.69, -31.55)
CIE-LCHlch(69.12, 36.68, 239.36°)
OKLaboklab(72.59% -0.0823 -0.0885)
OKLCHoklch(72.59% 0.121 227.1)
XYZxyz(32.0955, 39.5044, 77.1531)
Luminance0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3EB5E1 #E16A3E
analogous
#3EE1BB #3EB5E1 #3E64E1
triadic
#3EB5E1 #E13EB5 #B5E13E
tetradic
#3EB5E1 #BB3EE1 #E16A3E #64E13E
square
#3EB5E1 #BB3EE1 #E16A3E #64E13E
split-complementary
#3EB5E1 #E13E64 #E1BB3E
monochromatic
#166E8E #1E97C3 #3EB5E1 #73C9E9 #A8DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#3EB5E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#3EB5E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5E1
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3EB5E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3EB5E11.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB2E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A2E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3eb5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 227.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbea',
    500: '#3eb5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3eb5e1;
$custom-light: #88cbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3eb5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3EB5E1
secondary
#DFAE9C
accent
#6A38F0
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FD
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#3EB5E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva