#3EB5E2#3EB5E2

#3EB5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5E2
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -18.37, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 36.93, 240.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.082 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.122 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2324, 39.5591, 77.8737)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5E2 #E26B3E

analogous

#3EE2BD #3EB5E2 #3E63E2

triadic

#3EB5E2 #E23EB5 #B5E23E

tetradic

#3EB5E2 #BD3EE2 #E26B3E #63E23E

square

#3EB5E2 #BD3EE2 #E26B3E #63E23E

split-complementary

#3EB5E2 #E23E63 #E2BD3E

monochromatic

#166E90 #1E97C5 #3EB5E2 #73C9EA #A8DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3EB5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#3EB5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5E2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5E2	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbeb',
    500: '#3eb5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5e2;
$custom-light: #89cbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.463,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5E2

secondary

#E0AF9C

accent

#6A37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5E2

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

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