#3EB6E2#3EB6E2

#3EB6E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB6E2
RGB	rgb(62, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -18.89, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 36.81, 239.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0829 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.121 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4364, 39.9672, 77.9417)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB6E2 #E26A3E

analogous

#3EE2BC #3EB6E2 #3E64E2

triadic

#3EB6E2 #E23EB6 #B6E23E

tetradic

#3EB6E2 #BC3EE2 #E26A3E #64E23E

square

#3EB6E2 #BC3EE2 #E26A3E #64E23E

split-complementary

#3EB6E2 #E23E64 #E2BC3E

monochromatic

#166F90 #1E98C5 #3EB6E2 #73CAEA #A8DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3EB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#3EB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB6E2

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB6E2	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cceb',
    500: '#3eb6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb6e2;
$custom-light: #89cceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB6E2

secondary

#E0AE9C

accent

#6937F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB6E2

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

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