#3EB6DC#3EB6DC

#3EB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB6DC
RGB	rgb(62, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -20.83, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 35.43, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0851 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.117 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6275, 39.6437, 73.6814)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB6DC #DC643E

analogous

#3EDCB3 #3EB6DC #3E67DC

triadic

#3EB6DC #DC3EB6 #B6DC3E

tetradic

#3EB6DC #B33EDC #DC643E #67DC3E

square

#3EB6DC #B33EDC #DC643E #67DC3E

split-complementary

#3EB6DC #DC3E67 #DCB33E

monochromatic

#196D87 #2296BB #3EB6DC #72CAE5 #A6DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3EB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3EB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB6DC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB6DC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cce7',
    500: '#3eb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb6dc;
$custom-light: #88cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB6DC

secondary

#DCAA9A

accent

#663CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB6DC

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

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