#3EB6E0#3EB6E0

#3EB6E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB6E0
RGB	rgb(62, 182, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -19.54, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 36.32, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0836 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.12 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1636, 39.8581, 76.5048)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB6E0 #E0683E

analogous

#3EE0B9 #3EB6E0 #3E65E0

triadic

#3EB6E0 #E03EB6 #B6E03E

tetradic

#3EB6E0 #B93EE0 #E0683E #65E03E

square

#3EB6E0 #B93EE0 #E0683E #65E03E

split-complementary

#3EB6E0 #E03E65 #E0B93E

monochromatic

#176E8D #1F98C2 #3EB6E0 #73CAE8 #A7DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3EB6E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3EB6E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB6E0

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB6E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB6E0	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb6e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 182, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cce9',
    500: '#3eb6e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb6e0;
$custom-light: #88cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb6e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 72.321,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB6E0

secondary

#DEAD9B

accent

#6839EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB6E0

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

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