#3EB6E6#3EB6E6

#3EB6E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB6E6
RGB	rgb(62, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -17.59, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 37.86, 242.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0815 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.125 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9917, 40.1893, 80.8661)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB6E6 #E66E3E

analogous

#3EE6C2 #3EB6E6 #3E62E6

triadic

#3EB6E6 #E63EB6 #B6E63E

tetradic

#3EB6E6 #C23EE6 #E66E3E #62E63E

square

#3EB6E6 #C23EE6 #E66E3E #62E63E

split-complementary

#3EB6E6 #E63E62 #E6C23E

monochromatic

#137196 #1A9ACC #3EB6E6 #74CAED #AADFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3EB6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3EB6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB6E6

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB6E6	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccee',
    500: '#3eb6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb6e6;
$custom-light: #89ccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB6E6

secondary

#E2B19E

accent

#6B34F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB6E6

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

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