#3EB6E1#3EB6E1

#3EB6E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB6E1
RGB	rgb(62, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -19.22, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 36.56, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0833 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.121 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2996, 39.9125, 77.2212)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB6E1 #E1693E

analogous

#3EE1BB #3EB6E1 #3E65E1

triadic

#3EB6E1 #E13EB6 #B6E13E

tetradic

#3EB6E1 #BB3EE1 #E1693E #65E13E

square

#3EB6E1 #BB3EE1 #E1693E #65E13E

split-complementary

#3EB6E1 #E13E65 #E1BB3E

monochromatic

#166F8E #1E98C3 #3EB6E1 #73CAE9 #A8DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3EB6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3EB6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB6E1

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB6E1	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccea',
    500: '#3eb6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb6e1;
$custom-light: #88ccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB6E1

secondary

#DFAE9C

accent

#6838F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB6E1

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

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