#3EB5E6#3EB5E6

#3EB5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5E6
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -17.06, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 38.02, 243.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0805 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.125 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7876, 39.7812, 80.7981)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5E6 #E66F3E

analogous

#3EE6C3 #3EB5E6 #3E61E6

triadic

#3EB5E6 #E63EB5 #B5E63E

tetradic

#3EB5E6 #C33EE6 #E66F3E #61E63E

square

#3EB5E6 #C33EE6 #E66F3E #61E63E

split-complementary

#3EB5E6 #E63E61 #E6C33E

monochromatic

#137096 #1A98CC #3EB5E6 #74CAED #AADFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3EB5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#3EB5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5E6

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5E6	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbee',
    500: '#3eb5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5e6;
$custom-light: #89cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5E6

secondary

#E2B29E

accent

#6C34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5E6

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

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