#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
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -18.69, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 36.68, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0823 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.121 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0955, 39.5044, 77.1531)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##3EB5E1	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3EB5E1

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

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